Settling In
Elizabeth Soule
While arriving at four in the morning sounds awkward, it does seem to be a good way to get over jet lag quickly. After about four hours of sleep we…
Halfway around the world in 24 hours
Long distance flights feel like a kind of teleportation to me. Once you are up in the air and the window shades close, time seems to bend. There is the…
Bandipur Tiger Reserve
July 30 – August 2 Bandipur Tiger Reserve was once a private hunting reserve for the Maharajas of Mysore. Today, it is a national park protecting many species of Indian…
Scenes Along the Road – Part One
As we travelled, I tried to capture bits and pieces of life in India that I saw along the drive. Many of these pictures were taken through a car window…
Mysore Palace
Sunday, July 30 Mysore Palace was only about a half hour drive from the bird sanctuary, and although we encountered some traffic coming into Mysore we reached it fairly quickly.…
Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary
Saturday, July 30 The first leg of our car trip took us from Bangalore (Bangaluru on the map) to Bandipur Tiger Reserve, a distance of about 150 miles. Along the…
Reception Day
Visitors began trickling in on Saturday morning. First came both aunts and uncles from Mervin’s mom’s side. They spent the morning making mutton curry, which we ate for lunch. It…
Exploring Bangalore
We set out to explore Bangalore on Friday morning. There is no perfect time to brave the traffic of Bangalore, but things were fairly reasonable in the tail end of…
Bangalore Palace
On Friday, Mervin took me to see a few places around Bangalore. I have a lot of pictures, so I am splitting the post into two parts. This first one…
A Quiet Day
A day to relax