Lalitha Mahal Palace Mysore

... in 1799, that the Tippu Sultan fought his final battle against the British. The last pre-colonial Maharaja of Mysore was killed in Hoally Gateway, inside the fort of Srirangapattana, and I very much want to visit.<br><br>But night had finally fallen and as the bus reached the outskirts of Bangalore and the start of the city&#8217;s infamous traffic, headlights and neon and chai shops and the occasional working streetlight brightened the scenery instead. Bangalore on a night drive had ...

Friday was a day off so for the extended weekend Jo and I decided to head up to the much heard about Hampi, capital of the Vijayanagara empire. So at 10:00 after work and after moving into Jo's room (newbies were stealing mine over the weekend) we set off for the bus station. Getting on the bus was an experience in itself. Jo had already got the tickets so all we had to do was find platform 2. Sounded simple. To start the bus station is pretty damn ...

... kouta, kam zametaj, kdyz zametaj, tu podlahu. Pomalu zacla cucat tu koralku.. Sklenici drzela vobouma rukama, protoze nemela na rukach palce. Ty ji byly useknuty za to, za ma nemanzelsky dite. Ten malinkej clovek zacal lezt po zemi jako pes a zral ze zeme. Hubou, ne rukama. Ty drobky co tem koralum upadly na zem z bramburku a vorisku. Koukal sem na to jako voparenej. Po chvili mi cvrnklo v hlave, vybeh sem ven a u prvniho stanku sem koupil velikej hrozen vina (ne ve flasce)...prines sem ...

... a totem pole in honour of Princess Jenny and Queen Andrew! The race is on to complete the pole before the end of the phase, as the Anti-poaching camp will officially be opened on Thursday by the field director of Bandipur National Park and Tiger Reserve, Dr. Raju. After that the gang go on an exclusive safari trip deep into Bandipur courtesy of the Karnataka Forest Department. The safari has been arranged as a thank you for all our hard work as we finished the anti-poaching ...

Mysore is beautiful. It has a huge palace and other beautiful buildings and statues. And everything is so close together so it is easy to walk. There are lots of markets to buy things. It is a bit scammy buy I guess that goes along with more tourists. Although I still am often the only white person in sight. <br><br>The palace looks magestic from the outside but soso inside. The palace museum was quite nice with excellent, old black and ...

... My hope was to be able to grow it at home. Oh well. One of the best sights in town is the Devaraja Market. It is a bazaar of flower and vegetable vendors, tightly packed in an enclosed courtyard. It is also a photographer's nirvana. They sell raw flowers used for making garlands, they sell the garlands already made, and they sell lots and lots of vegetables. All neatly stacked up in an orderly pile. And there sits the vendor, protected ...

... in certain conversations and sometimes even remove the need for words. In negotiations it becomes a critical factor. Our lives are filled with expression and our world is filled with thousands of languages. Languages hold important elements of culture, both the differences that seem to separate us and the similarities which seem to connect us. Where words are the barrier the non-verbal becomes our open door to communication, understanding and human expression.

good evening and happy christmas from mysore.... top 3 things since mumbai 1. beach facing hut in goa 2. sunset in goa 3. cocktails in goa top 3 urgs since mumbai 1. some new people on the trip 2. having to drive for 7 hours on christmas day 3. my bank card not working anymore well here i am in mysore after 3 glorious glorious nights in agonda in goa staying in a litle wicker hut that faced onto the beach and lazing around doing nothing and ...

... night). Today has been about getting my bearings and trying to gather my jet lagged wits about me (chai helps). so, not too much to report yet, but i'm sure the adventures and the stories over the next 2 months will be many. Namaste. ps. this post script is for anybody who remembers the show "the wonder years." on the flight to Brussels, i sat by the Indian version of Winnie. an appropriate way, i figure, to start this 2 month monologue.