Statue of Mahishasura near Chamundi Hill temple
Chamundi Hill temple
View of Mysore from Chamundi Hill
A number of the US batch looks at the large bull
The second-largest bull in India
Entrance to the Mysore Palace
Mysore Palace
Mysore Palace grounds
James relaxing by the pool
Crowds arriving to see Mysore Palace lit-up
Mysore Palace at dusk
The lighting of Mysore Palace
Infoscions in front of Mysore Palace
Temple on palace grounds
Crowds leaving the palace grounds
The four-acre big banyan tree
Walking amidst the tree
In the roots
Ryan conversing with locals
A couple and his cell phone. Who is he calling?
Monkey with his newspaper and snack
A family leaving the Banyan tree park
Hostel Building #2
Global Education Center
Multiplex and Employee Care Center
Families at the pool
The pool
The cricket pitch on campus. Rated the best in the state and one of the top in all of India.
Rasooi Restaurant, KD Road
FabCity department store, fourth floor
view of shravanabelagola from the stairs
early stone carvings at the entrance to the Gomatheswara temple
elephant painting at the Gomatheswara temple
No dancing, no matter how good you feel
the fingernails of Gomatheswara. this is the largest single-stone statue in the world
Gomatheswara, the Jain god
Gomatheswara
friends at the summit in Shravanabelagola
View of the Shravanabelagola from the hill
Bathing pool from the hill
Entering the Halebid temple
ornate carvings on the exterior wall of the Halebid temple
a nook of carvings
a family visiting the historical halebid temple
temple grounds at Belur
turtle in the bathing pool at belur
sri somethingorother one of the few statues I wasn't stopped from taking a picture of. notice how this one has pupils... creepy.
Elephant parade float
Bird at Hotel Gowri
The beautifully-quaint hotel gowri. This was lodging for some young european tourists, and it looks like it could have come out of one of the Bourne films.
Leaving port in our castle-of-a-houseboat
Houseboats on the backwaters
the banks of the canal
Tody hut. Tody is fermented coconut milk and sort of tastes like peanut butter and grass.
Lake on the backwaters
View of Princess Street in Fort Kochi from my hotel room. Fort Kochi reminded me of a Mackinac Island for europeans.
Park Lane Hotel Room. All this for Rs. 150/night.
The Teapōt (rhymes with depot, maybe.) was a very-european style tea shop with amazing food: "Death by Chocolate" was a big hit.
Kathakali performance in Fort Kochi
The NH209 Moutain pass at the Karnataka border
The cliffs of Anjuna Beach Photo by Elizabeth O'Brian
Anjuna Beach Café
Chapel near Anjuna Beach Photo by Elizabeth O'Brian
Photo by Kevin J. Smith
Late afternoon at Baga Beach
Coco Joe's beach hut Baga Beach
Beach cricket at low tide
Jeff impressing the locals
Hotel Anjuna Photo by James Rachlin
My prison stamp
Chinatown at Night Photo by H.P. Beirne
Raffles Hotel
Dim Sum breakfast Photo by H.P. Beirne
Original Singapore Sling at the Raffles Hotel Long Bar Photo by H.P. Beirne
From mall to mall Photo by H.P. Beirne
A child's rendition of global warming
I heart helvetica
Siloso beach
Siloso beach sunset
Brushing my teeth
View of the cable car
Pagoda Street, Chinatown
Downtown from Esplanade
Esplanade Roof
Mosque at Charminar
View from the Charminar center
Two kids at the Charminar overlook
Charminar Unani Hospital
BHEL Neighborhood kids play cricket
Christmas with Solomon's family
The Rs. 800/night Hotel Volga II
Crowds waiting for a boat ride near the Gateway of India
Gateway of India
Hotel Taj Mahal
Strand Road