Fi, the elephant, and the Maharaja's palace

Thoughts on Mysore

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March 17th 2006
Now the cricket's over and Fi is on a plane home, I can actually get off my arse and update the blog. Think the last bit was about the bus journey to Mysore. Which was definitely the best bit of the first day there. Got off to a bad start - persistant tout, who followed us all the way to our first choice hotel, and who sent his kid along as a scout as we tried to find somewhere else. It's partly m ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more