Gupta Hotel
Travel Blogs from Mysore
South India
When Gopal first introduced himself and went through the first part of the itinerary, he said we would be visiting two countries, north and south India. So true! We left desert, which only gets rain during the monsoons which were good this year, but the south is much rainier and it is green and beautiful. Although there is plenty of rubble here too, it does not seem as bleak and harsh as in the north. We've driven past sugar cane, coconuts, bananas and ...
Epic fail and new friends
... at 5am in Cochin.
Here we had a super quick turn around and boarded our final train within 1hour (this is super quick for India and its ticket queues, or Q's as they are often signposted!)
This final leg took a mere 4 1/2 hours! I literally thought I might die. Not sure what would get me first the smell or the exhaustion!
We arrived at Varkala beach and after a long shower flopped on the bed and slept for 4 hours!
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Toeristen, aapjes en blije kindergezichtjes
... heel veel mooie stoffen waar je allerlei kledingstukken van kan laten maken. En het allermooiste: het kost echt niks!! Lang leve India!
Zondagmiddag ben ik wederom naar Mysore vertrokken, dit keer voor mijn yoga en meditatie week! Maar dat, lieve lezertjes, horen jullie de volgende keer.
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Varkala - Trivandrum - Mysore
... Man sad til tider temmelig tæt og der lugtede nogle gange meget af urin og snavs og… Indien. Men folk var søde og venlige og glade, og det var fantastisk at bumle af sted forbi rismarker, palmeskove, store søer, vandløb og bjerge. Ved 9-tiden blev sæderne lavet om til senge. Alle dem som ikke havde bestilt pladser lagde sig hvor de nu lige fandt et bart stykke gulv, og pludselig var hele toget dækket af udstrakte, sovende mennesker. Man sov overraskende godt på de ...
Crappy name; lovely place!
... it).
Unfortunately Gem was a bit poorly in Mysore so most of the sightseeing was done by Em and Heidi. We both got up early the next day and caught a LOCAL bus for LOCAL people up to the top of the 8th most holy temple hill in South India (with no knowlege of how many temple hills there are in South India, I've no idea if this is much of an acolade but a fact is a fact!). it was nice up there but if we're totally honest - ...