Mysore, Mysore, Love Hate - 1

Well I cannot tell you why but there is a surprise posting on why I Love Mysore...that will come tomorrow...but there were many things I liked...and equally hated really - it is smaller, it has less western exposure than Bangalore- the men well they are rather brutish for a western woman, of course the anthropologist point of view - they are perfectly in context...not necessarily great for a western woman... - the staring and pointing was getting a little old for me - coupled with the heat and complete and absolute lack of diet coke ..ha! The palace at mysore was incredible, the hawkers intense, the Chamundi hills wonderful..but all in all....glad to be back to MG (Mahatma Ghandi) Road in Bangalore and the places we know. We had hired a car to drive us back to Bangalore 1200 rps ($30) it was better than beating traffic to the train station and this got us right to our hotel in Bangalore. Our hotel in Bangalore had room 611 waiting for us and fresh laundrey that we had left for them before we went awaited us clean and folded! - Outside,there are now street urchins selling red christmas hats and a very very bizarre and scary santa at Spencers Food Store! Very skinny santa with a very odd mask...Off we go to commercial street! Hugs from Bangalore