Bangalore
Travel Blogs from Bangalore, India
Coffee Day Cafe - layover in Bangalore
We are in Bangalore, in the southern part of India on a layover. I hope no one is worried about our lack of travel blog posts lately - we have had quite a busy/hectic/wonderful/trying few days. Adam is getting you all up to speed on ...
India is Poetry.
... India may not be as much a country of extremes, but more a country of embracing the dualities that exist. For example, India draws you in... When I step out into the hustle and bustle, I get an immediate burst of adrenalin - fight ...
Brawling in Banglaore
Bangalore....well not much to report here apart from arguments and nearly fights with rickshaw drivers. I stayed only a few hours and it was enough for me, getting off bus and trying to get to airport, Chris stayed on for a few days to see friends. Until ...
Rickshaw madness
Rickshaws are a terrifying yet supremly convienant form of transportation. Everytime we get in one I can convinced we are going to die. The driving here is crazy. Will tell more ...
End in sight
... I do not want to see for a couple of weeks but this hits the top ones. I am enclosing a few interesting pictures of Bangalore. I also took one which I thought was very funny and wondered if I should stay at this hotel if I ever come back. Until ...
Seventh Update -- South India
... then took a bus to Sravanabelagola, a small town about 3.5 hours further west. I spent another 24 hours there, then came back to Bangalore, where I leave from tonight. So there's been a lot of traveling the past week. But I think it's been ...
Namaste India
... green rolling hills almost reminiscent of home as was the climate. Thankfully our guesthouse had a roaring log fire in the evenings as we found ourselves needing to wrap up warm in southern India. Next stop Bangalore and a visit from Steve's ...
Finding my "Indian" feet (Again)
... however my driver is very good. He drives with his left side mirror retracted and ignores everything except in front of him. Driving in India is easy. Just watch what is ahead of you and avoid cars, people, bikes, taxi's and cows as you drive. Drive ...
Technology and Actors
... of instability around Bangalore. All the shops and businesses closed down for the 3 or 4 days following Rajkumar's death, and Bangalore unfortunately experienced a bit of backlash from their western clients. They rely on the call centres here, and if ...
Our Neighborhood
These are photos from around our immediate neighborhood - Sri Nagar. It can be like a village unto itself, which is strange in a city of 6 million. we are the only white faces around, so we do stand out and still are stared at and and the woman ...
Be a volunteer !
... . For a long time, I had planned to couchsurf in Bangalore, and it was no way I would do it by Indians. Since Bangalore hosts many French companies, I thought it would not be hard to find a French expatriate on the network. Actually, I found several, and ...
the run (no, not "the runs")...
... , the section isn't a huge pull, but!...on this day there is an article in the bottom right hand corner about the Bangalore International Marathon the coming Sunday. i thought to myself, people are going to be so impressed that i had the restraint to ...
Sights and Sounds of Bangalore
I went to my neighbor's house to see Scooby Dooby-Doo. Scooby is a golden retriever dog. He is a nice dog. Then, I went to an aunt’s house. They also have a dog, called Scooby. He is a mutt, but not so friendly. At my aunt’s house, I ate some ...
End of the Indian Adventure
... . I managed to drag Amy away from her sunbed and cocktails and we caught a night bus through the centre of India to Bangalore, our last stop before leaving the subcontinent and moviong on the next section of our trip in Southeast Asia. Bangloare ...
The Eyesore
Bangalore was disgusting. There's no other word for it. For the first time I could fully comprehend that India has 1.2 billion people and they have a severe problem. There were so many people I couldn't believe it, literally everywhere. I also read in The ...
Cholera Epidemic
... onward from there, to, well, he suggested Gujurat. We decided to go for it. First we went to a restaurant he recommended in Bangalore, the Sukhsagar, which he sent us off in a rickshaw to. There we drank carrot juice and ate chat snacks. As Tattva ...
Awaiting the big day:)
I arrived back in Bangalore on Thursday morning, bright and early. Decided i needed a little R & R (in a city of 11 million, is that possible?) before the recording session in a few days. Heather and Greg stayed behind and will be joining me on monday. ...
Goodbye Trichy
... breaded, and they were delicious. i watched as students piled out of the many schools and universities that occupy much of bangalore's real estate. i stepped into a european cafe (i don't recollect the name now) to grab a cup of tea. soon ...
FYI
So I have decided that there is no way I will have time to tell everything I want to tell in this blog without having to live in this internet cafe. So I am going to write a list of things and you can message me and as me more about them if you are ...
Making a Dash
... Delhi, we took our dinner at a road side dhaba. Suddenly we all felt change in temperatures, it was hot and humid, Bangalore was so much pleasant, Delhi was a complete contrast. Post dinner, everybody decided to take quick nap till Chandigarh which was ...
buses and beaches
... up that evening, and, feeling I had done the short time I had allowed myself in hampi justice, went to catch my train to Bangalore. And here I am, sat in an internet café, about to go for my lunch at koshy’s café, a place my grandparent used to ...
Goa, Karwar, Gokarna, Murudeshwar & Jog Falls
... the day has come to start our trip i.e. on Sunday, the 14th of September 2008. Day 1 (14 September 2008, Sunday) Route : Jagadish Nagar, Bangalore (0 Kms, 6:00 am) Nelamangala (34 Kms, 6:50 am) [Break 1 (61 Kms, 7:15 am to 7:50 am)] Tumkur (79 Kms, ...
Hosur
... shopping one last time. Then to a wedding reception that our hosts are attending at the Seventh Day Adventist school here in Bangalore. Tomorrow I will do a little work in the clinic maybe and then we will (maybe) take a bus to Pondicherry. who ...
Sarees!
Bridget and I got sarees made (a blouse, and a wrap). We wore them to school on our last day. we tripped over them a lot, but we sure felt ...
Delayed
... we learned that our flight was delayed by another 3 hours. In all our time in India not once, by train, by bus or by plain we left in time! After all delays we only 4 hours stop over in Bangalore. It wasn't enough to go explore the city as we had ...
Transportation...
Namaste! Jermaine and I arrived in the Southern city of Bangalore a few days ago. We have been busy exploring this place that neither of us have been to before. Indians have a unique style of getting from point A to point B; here are a few of my ...
Fest des Lichts in Bangalore
... , eine Inderin, die in Frankfurt aufgewachsen ist. Interessant, wie sich die Kulturen da vermischen. In Bangalore war auch der Markt sehr interessant. Riesengrosse Haufen von Farbpulver, Saecke voll Gewuerze, liebevoll aufgetuermtes Obst ...
Leaving Parikrma
Haven't updated for a while, internet access has not been plentiful and we've been swamped with teaching. I'll comment more on the teaching experience at Parikrma, but for now here's some pictures to tide the one or two people reading this :) these are ...
A civilised city - loving it!
... Shakalaka Boom Boom! Again quite good and understood it ok. Getting quite into these Bollywood movies! Only thing I hate about Bangalore is the rikshaw drivers. Everyone of them is out to rip me off. A few of them got a lecture ...
Shopping time
... pennies. Had my first pedi by a guy - manican? :) was super, followed by happy hour in tower we are in - no other women! worlds behind in many ways this India. Lovely veg dinner before heading to bed before Yoga Retreat in a.m. and R to work. ...

