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The way to Mysore. .
This is a top pick! Of course I got a late start, it was hard to leave Hampi, but the NH 4 was a proper highway most of the way toward Bangalore with two lanes on either side, so I was making good time for most of the time. Calling my contact in Bangalore, a friend of a friend who had lived in the US for a time, I realized that it might not be time to go to Bangalore …
Hindu Temples
A breakfast fit for a Maharaja. The choice was enormous but everything I chose my travelling companion said would be bad for my 'condition' which is now into its 5th day. I chose to ignore and had my mango juice and cubed pineaple and melon before lining my delicate stomach with some toast and cheese. I am sure Martin is eating eggs of all descriptions just to add to my woes. But enough of such maladies.
As always our car and driver ...
The great train journey
... we saw in a 6 hour stop in Secuderabad, we never saw a single other westerner. That is a strange sensation especially when one is entering such unfamiliar territory as sleeping on the train.
Our first train we boarded almost at midnight when it had already travelled from Manbad and we struggled to find our berths. Martin inadvertently placed his heavy suitcase on one sleeper's leg while trying to hoist it to the upper berth. We did not know then that there is ...
Bhubaneswar Day 2
... building a college and then used the tuition funds for this to build the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS). It is the largest facility in the world to educate indigenous populations. Developing nations all over the world are turning to Dr. Samanta's model to adopt for their own marginalized children. The goal is to help these tribal children meet their basic needs while preparing them to join mainstream society. The 3 ...
Bhubaneswar Day 1
... is an interesting piece of technology in every hotel room we have stayed on this trip. When you enter a room, one must place their key in a box on the wall that is somehow wired to trigger the ignition of electricity. Therefore, when you leave the room and remove the key, all electricity is shut off. (Dad- if you are reading this, I can picture your smile right now). When I was growing up, it was a big deal not ...
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