Pictures from Mysore.
I finally got around to picking out some pictures from my trip to Mysore last weekend.
Rather than taking a bus or train to get to Mysore on Saturday we rented a car and driver which provided an opportunity to stop at some out-of-the-way sites on the way. The first stop at Shivanaputnam wasn't so great; the sites were over touristed and rather uninteresting. After we left there I convinced the driver to take us out of the way to see the temple at Somnapur which ended up being well worth the extra time and expense. In fact I'd have to place it as one of my 2 or 3 favorite of the numberless temples I've seen in India.
After Somnapur we went straight to Mysore, checked into a hotel, and sent the driver on his way. We relaxed for an hour or so then walked over to the train station to buy or tickets back for the next day. The finish to the day was a simply amazing meal at a restaurant I had thought was only so-so on my previous trip.
On Sunday we saw a couple sites in Mysore. We didn't go anywhere I hadn't visited before but it was nice to be back. All three of the remaining pictures are from the top of Chamundi hill. I was particularly glad to get a good shot of this ugly demon statue. When I was there in 2003 it was the afternoon and the sun was directly behind his head.
For a while we were the center of attention (see the first picture below). This group of Indian tourists were visiting from Gulbarga and wanted to have their pictures taken with us. In addition to a few group shots, every one of them had to have individual pictures taken with us. I've seen this kind of thing before although not on this scale and never with the women in the group taking part. Thurman got a big kick out of it. After that we wandered around the temple for a while before walking back down the hill and heading back into town.
Rather than taking a bus or train to get to Mysore on Saturday we rented a car and driver which provided an opportunity to stop at some out-of-the-way sites on the way. The first stop at Shivanaputnam wasn't so great; the sites were over touristed and rather uninteresting. After we left there I convinced the driver to take us out of the way to see the temple at Somnapur which ended up being well worth the extra time and expense. In fact I'd have to place it as one of my 2 or 3 favorite of the numberless temples I've seen in India.
After Somnapur we went straight to Mysore, checked into a hotel, and sent the driver on his way. We relaxed for an hour or so then walked over to the train station to buy or tickets back for the next day. The finish to the day was a simply amazing meal at a restaurant I had thought was only so-so on my previous trip.
On Sunday we saw a couple sites in Mysore. We didn't go anywhere I hadn't visited before but it was nice to be back. All three of the remaining pictures are from the top of Chamundi hill. I was particularly glad to get a good shot of this ugly demon statue. When I was there in 2003 it was the afternoon and the sun was directly behind his head.
For a while we were the center of attention (see the first picture below). This group of Indian tourists were visiting from Gulbarga and wanted to have their pictures taken with us. In addition to a few group shots, every one of them had to have individual pictures taken with us. I've seen this kind of thing before although not on this scale and never with the women in the group taking part. Thurman got a big kick out of it. After that we wandered around the temple for a while before walking back down the hill and heading back into town.
2 Comments:
Did you go to the palace? Love the ponytail - kinda makes me feel sick just looking at it.
Yeah we went to the palace. You may remember that they don't let you take pictures inside though (which is really too bad).
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