Mysore trip pictures

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The Bangalore rail yard.

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Bangalore railyard.

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A huge tree, just starting to bloom.

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Inside the passenger train for the ride to Mysore. Notice all the fans.

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A western part of Banglore...

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Farmland. Some parts are really green and lush, others are more subdued green.

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More farmland.

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Getting into stepped farms. Some of these transitions are about a meter high.

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More steppes. A big one here.

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Farmland

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Our train, stopped at a town along the way.

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This great bridge.

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Still going.

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Still going.

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Arrived at the Mysore train station. Lots of people, lots of pushy rikshaw drivers.

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Some people selling vegetables on the street.

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A jovial local shop owner.

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Color for sale. These guys usually sell this, incense, oils and other assorted things.

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The vegetable and herb section of the market.

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Nice old building on the edge of the market.

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More vegetables on the market.

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Happy huckster running his shop.

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Color and flowers for sale. The flowers are threaded onto long strings, and you buy it by the length.

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Chilis and onions.

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Some closed shops... today is sunday.

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Marigold and other flowers.

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Fruit, and taps for the rain.

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Sack 'o marigolds.

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More closed shops.

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More of the market.

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Peppers

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More market

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Onions and bananas

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More market

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The street just on the edge of the market.

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Watch that scaffolding.

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A local shop.

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The truck is honking at me.

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Elections are coming soon and the streets are cris-crossed with these banners. There are 670,000,000 eligable voters in India.

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Tasty lambs. It's over 90 degrees out right now. Yummy.

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These guys are great. They sell essential oils whole-sale to anybody. All the shops in the markets buy from them and then charge 2x or 3x the cost. All the oils are 150 rupees a bottle (about 5 teaspoons worth), except a few that are 300 rupees. That's US $3 or $6 a bottle. They have, I think, 96 varieties including Sandalwood (very famous from Mysore), Jasmine, Rose, Water Lilly (keeps away mosquitos), Lotus, all kinds of stuff. I bought about 12 bottles from them and they took me to their house and fed me some dessert stuff made from honey, almonds and some other stuff. It was really good but very rich. Very nice people.

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A nice old statue. That motorcycle is honking at me.

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Parking for two-wheelers.

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Local aurveydic hospital.

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Oranges for sale.

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Mmmmmm.. tasty.

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Tell your friends.

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Only the best ASBESTOS roofing sheets.

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Flash on.

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Flash off.

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The express train back. It's 7x more expensive ($7 instead of $1) and is air-conditioned. I actually prever the regular passenger trains. The windows here are all yellowed and are really dirty. The passenger train is hotter, but you can see out the windows (no glass).

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Big old tree. These are all over... the inside has almost no leaves at all. Only the outer-most tips of the branches have leaves, and the are very small. The trees can get pretty gigantic.

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Nice one here.

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Another tree.