http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , India , Karnataka , Bangalore en-us Wed, 11 Nov 09 13:28:20 +0000 Wed, 11 Nov 09 13:28:20 +0000 Wednesday Nov 4thI canrsquot believe Irsquove already been in Bengalore for 2 days Time goes by so fast in a big city like this Telling of what Irsquove seen so far I really like it here. The city is superbusy loud and polluted but still has its very own charm. At some places there is now way yoursquod think you were in India if there werenrsquot so many Indians on the street. It http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-451911.html Tuesday Nov 3rdWhat a night Contrary to my hopes the roads got even worse. I donrsquot think I ever saw potholes that size At least I managed to sleep somewhat. This morning it didnrsquot really get any better. First I couldnrsquot find my contacts so I was pretty blind to start with second I was pretty disorientated and had o idea where I was going. Then I happened to run only into pe http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-450438.html Looking for package tours travels in India plan your holidays with this exclusive website with lots of travel tips and information. Visit www.tourindiaguide.com. User ID Inet0438 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-448355.html Looking for package tours travels in IndiaPlan your holidays with this exclusive website with lots of travel tips and information.visit www.tourindiaguide.comUser ID Inet0481CONTACT NO 9019438380 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-443974.html Kerala in South India occupies a narrow strip along the southwest coast. He is known for being the most literate of the country 90. It occupies an area from 38863 km and a population census of 2001 was nearly 32 million people. Thiruvananthapuram Trivandrum is the capital and big city. The official language is Malayalam but there is also a large group of speakers of Tamil. Kerala is bounde http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-441798.html am looking for expat women looking for Bed and breakfast.I have two spare bed rooms centrally located in BSK III stage.Rooms come with all facilities internetTVMicro wavefridgebreakfastdinner.The facility is only for women http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-438514.html A short one. We left after breakfast and found a bus to Mysore. It was nice to ride through the tropical forest some more and we saw more stopped dear near another one of the wildlife parks. Crossing over the border to Karnataka the roads took a drastic change for the worse. The tarmac became a mud track covered with huge potholes and filled with water from the previous night. The progress w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-438169.html The city previously known as Bangalore has now been restored to its original Kannada name of Bengaluru. Unfortunately this name cannot easily be abbreviated as copyright on Bengal has already been taken.The city's name is said to have arisen when Veera Ballala II a local king during the twelth century was lost and had a dinner of boiled beans cooked for him by a peasant woman. He therefore n http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-435421.html My car turned up at the hotel at 9.30 sharp and we set off to Bangalore by way of Kanchipuram or Kanchi as the locals rather predictably call it. Thinking about it maybe it's not really an abbreviation. Perhaps it's just like calling London Town London. Puram just means a small town after all.As we drove through and out of Mamallapuram I saw more temples on both sides of the road. I j http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-435206.html Hey allAs they tend to say over here...Yah Yah tell me So...I am getting a bit more settled into life here in Bangalore. There weather is getting wetter and a wee bit colder but still a low of 18rsquo so not really cold. Work is going well and my students only have another 3weeks before the end of the term. They have been model making designing sketching and learning different drawing tec http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-434862.html and here come the rest of the pictures...of the temples we visited in Belur and Halebidu as well as our time in Pondicherry and around Bangalore. yay http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-429536.html I have moved into my apartment...got my independence on Indian Independence DayChecked out of hotel on Friday had a driver for the day so headed off to electrical shops. Thought this would have been pretty straight forward but nope The driver didnrsquot speak English so I called one of my students so translate. She then said that the driver didnrsquot speak Hindi so she was going to get http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-428877.html pictures from my time in the south..this is only part 1 though covering my arrival in Bangalore a journey to the zoo with some friends the trip out to the village we visited the trip to Nandi Hills and then also the Golden Temple in Kushalnagar..stay tuned for the next round coming soon... http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-427826.html After the weekend in Pondicherry began our last week of school. A large part of it we just spent going to class and preparing for the final exams we would have but we still tried to get as much done in Bangalore as we could before leaving. we shopped for lastminute items during the days ate as much indian food as we could in the evenings and then went out every single night to a different cl http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-427680.html NamasteHello from India. Oh my first wee blog never done this before so here goes...My week in Singapore was great fun and it was so nice to be back there after a few years. The weather was amazing and I met some very useful contacts in Raffles. So now onto BangTheDoor I arrived about 3weeks ago now and have been getting used to all the chaoticness smelly noise dusty and fuem filled a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-426724.html Trekking in Hulukadi HillsThere are very few places around Bangalore that connects to History. Among them is the less known Hulukadi Hill Fort. This hill has a fort a Cave Temple and a small pond. This place is towards the north of bangalore near Doddaballapur Village. Its a very quite peaceful place full of greenery. History Of Veerabhadra Temple Hulukadi BettaAlthough there are several my http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-425333.html Final Test .. Testing the blog in progress...Final Test .. Testing the blog in progress...Final Test .. Testing the blog in progress...Final Test .. Testing the blog in progress...Final Test .. Testing the blog in progress...Final Test .. Testing the blog in progress...Final Test .. Testing the blog in progress...Final Test .. Testing the blog in progress...Final Test .. Testing the blog in progre http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-424555.html so the weeks have been passing on and on like they always do. i realized that i have only about 2 more weeks here before i go back to the states for the first time in 8 months i'm not sure how i feel about that...in one way i am excited to be able to unpack my clothes and my bags for a while and just be around people who i can understand in familiar surroundings..but at the same time the world i http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-422955.html Skandagiri An over night camping at this hill top was always talked amongst us. This place in particular is the highest most risky and tiring among all the hill tops around bangalore. But once on top its like Walking on Clouds....its everywhere. With every passing block of cloud .It leaves tiny water drops on your body..on your hairs...palms..shoes..trousers...everywhere It's mesmerising.... http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-419500.html So i figured it might be time to write something about Bangalore since this is now my new home.. Bangalore is a city in the southern indian state of Karnataka. the population is reported to be about 10 million though i really can't even imagine how they estimate the population of any city in india...so i'm not quite sure about that. but there ARE a lot of people. the first thing I noticed as http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-418808.html