{"id":39,"date":"2017-07-26T12:55:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T12:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mejindia2017.wordpress.com\/2017\/07\/26\/arrival-in-bangalore\/"},"modified":"2017-07-26T12:55:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T12:55:25","slug":"arrival-in-bangalore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wander-with-me.net\/?p=39","title":{"rendered":"Arrival in Bangalore\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you were worried that I would fry in Bangalore, rest assured that it is a pleasant (maybe) 80F, with a cool wind blowing. As I write I&#8217;m wearing my sweater and have the bed spread over my feet to keep them warm.<\/p>\n<p>We arrived in Bangalore at 3 am this morning. On the flight from Dubai to Bangalore I was so tired that I mostly just slept, despite two very unhappy babies. Once at the airport, I got through immigration quickly, but then Mervin ended up at the very end of the line to get his passport checked so that delayed us a while.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Once we picked up our bags, we found our driver waiting for us at the exit. He took us on a speedy, honking ride home that I bet is the fastest we will go within the city on clear roads (and even then, at 4am, there was traffic leaving the airport!) He is a great driver though so it was a smooth ride.<\/p>\n<p>We got home at about 4:30, and loaded our luggage up into a tiny elevator that barely fit us and the bags, the control panel telling us insistently to close the door as we tried to get everything in then out again. We were greeted by this sign outside the apartment door:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.68.75:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_0042-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.68.75:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_0042-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDr Johnsingh had arrived home at around 3, and so was waiting for us. We got to bed around 5am.<\/p>\n<p>We woke up around 9 and slowly got up, finally eating breakfast around 10. This is what we ate:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.68.75:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_0035-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.68.75:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_0035-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.68.75:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_0036-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.68.75:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_0036-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.68.75:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_0037-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.68.75:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_0037-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first picture is a steamed bread, which we used to eat the other two dishes. The red one is lentils, tomatoes, and spices, and the white one is called kunga and is very similar to Chinese congee, a kind of sweet whole grain warm cereal. We also had fresh mango.<\/p>\n<p>Basically we&#8217;ve just taken it easy today, resting and catching up on sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a picture of the main room of the house:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.68.75:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_0044-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.68.75:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_0044-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd a picture from the balcony in Mervin&#8217;s room. The apartment faces a large privately owned garden, so the view is lovely and the street noise easily drowned out by a fan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.68.75:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_0040-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-35\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.68.75:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_0040-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe garden is home to lots of birds, as well as a group of monkeys that like to swing by and cause mischief. If the door isn&#8217;t secured, they&#8217;ll come right into the apartment to snack on any fruit or food left on the table.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.68.75:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_0050.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-36\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.68.75:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_0050.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.68.75:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_0048.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.68.75:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_0048.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.68.75:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_0053.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.68.75:8080\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_0053.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you were worried that I would fry in Bangalore, rest assured that it is a pleasant (maybe) 80F, with a cool wind blowing. As I write I&#8217;m wearing my sweater and have the bed spread over my feet to keep them warm. We arrived in Bangalore at 3 am this morning. On the flight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bangalore"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"blogarise-slider-full":false,"blogarise-featured":false,"blogarise-medium":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Elizabeth Soule","author_link":"https:\/\/wander-with-me.net\/?author=2"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"If you were worried that I would fry in Bangalore, rest assured that it is a pleasant (maybe) 80F, with a cool wind blowing. 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