Through Bangalore to Mysore

Our way out of Hampi should have been recorded as a short movie. We have not managed to do it just because we were too stunned to capture the moment. If somebody does not believe that boarding the bus through the windows etc. is a normal process - then we strongly recommend Hampi on an pleasant evening at the last day of some local festival. Anyway we also wanted to board this bus but decided not to endanger are lives - honestly after we have noticed the hoard of people running to the bus as it appeared on the horizon we just stood with open mouths watching whether there will be any casualties or not. All in all we took an auto rickshaw to the train station which was not that easy because the prices for that moment skyrocketed to western European standards though the service for the money was kind of not there. Fortunately the train took only the normal amount of people. I guess Bangalore is too flashy of a city for the crowds in Hampi (real middle of nowhere village which you can cross in 15 minutes).

Bangalore must be one of the more modern Indian cities as you can more or less drink coffee in a cafe just like in Italy (as we did since we do not trust that they will show up further on our way on everyday basis). We had a look around and a good nap in one of its many parks - wonderful though some of them could be kept in better condition (God damn - why this trash everywhere?!). We also had the first experience to use a auto rickshaw with a meter and it seems this way is MUCH cheaper. Though convincing a driver to do it is quite a challenge. We managed to do it once more. In the evening we boarded a nice train the Mysore at in less than three hours arrived in a small town that "smells" like a "planned economy". The magnificent Maharajah Palace definitely does not but many of the restaurants or hotels surely remember the 70-ties. We have not managed to capture the feeling on the photo yet but got an idea so we will let you judge the smell in our next post. For now we will stay here for another three days going around since we decided to make Mysore our hub.

For some unknown reason all the animals are painted in yellow here - once we know the reason we will post it - we did not think they are born like that...unless it is a big coincidence.