Not the best start to travel life….managed to get cheap local bus to HSR Layout to Som’s service apartments. After being driven around by a very confused rickshaw man we found the unnamed, dark building in the middle of no where. The manager locked the door behind me and it was quickly apparent that I was the only guest in a hostel predominantly used by Indian men. I left. Got AR to MG Road, knackered, smelly, at least 1 million horns, about 8 cow near misses, many almost topples in AR later I blow my budget on the first night on a hotel with TV, air con and hot water. Bangalore strikes me as an insane place, nearest comparable so far I’d say would be Bangkok, but the pollution and traffic and noise seem worse to
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