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Gupta Hotel Mysore

252/B, Ashoka Road, Karnataka Mysore, Karnataka, 570001, India

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Ohhhmmmm........

A travel blog entry by linda-in-india

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... die trouw elke ochtend hun yogamatjes uitrollen voordat ze naar school gaan. De lessen bestaan uit chanten (zang-gebeden), ademhalingsoefeningen, de zonnegroet en tal van yogahoudingen (oeff!). Daarna volgt het relaxgedeelte waarbij je op je rug ligt en er volop wordt ge-ohmmmmd (ja, dat doen ze echt!). Na een afsluitend gebed is het tijd om je yogamatje op te rollen en opweg te gaan naar school of het werk.
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Sir, try my black jasmin oil...

A travel blog entry by cametseb

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... y parle Kanatta une langue proche du tamoul. Non je ne vous refais pas tout le guide. Oui je fais ça de tête. La fabrique de soie, tenue par le gouvernement, se visite gratuitement, et -et là c'est balèze- sans guide. Pas de harcèlement, pas de contrainte, on n'imagine pas, depuis la France, comme c'est le paradis... Les ouvriers sont très sympas, et nous expliquent à qui mieux mieux leur travail, dans un anglais plus qu'approximatif (en même ...

Drinking the Kool-Aid

A travel blog entry by splatkat

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... to work on for the next class, and so my practice gets longer. It's now up to 30 minutes, ha!

Weekend classes are 'led' (instead of Mysore style), meaning the teacher calls out each pose and then counts very slowly so you hold each one for 5 counts. Sometimes the count goes like this: Onnnnne, twooooooo, fourrrrr, threeee, twooooo, fiiiive. English is not Saraswathi's first language, and she also likes to trick you into holding ...

His Holiness

A travel blog entry by kristen.hilbert

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... to experience. Never once in the states have I ever seen anyone get that emotional while praying and worshiping... no matter what religion they are. So for me, that was one of the best parts about being up there, because it's a sort of pilgrimage for some people, so it was an amazing experience. After we left Chamundi Hills, we went back to the city to go to the biggest market there, called Devaraja Market.

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Our first delve into Indian cuisine by the road

A travel blog entry by helen_joe

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... Helen quite like the barfi, kind of like fudge.

We stumbled across the fruit and vegetable market which was a feast of smells and colours. Fresh fruit was piled high alongside stalls with piles of spices, incense colours and oils. Mysore is famous for sandalwood oil as well as silk and incense.

Later in the evening we went to the authentic restaurant in the hotel (had quite a soviet feel to it) to sample thalis for ...