Tea and chai are dominant hot beverages here. But a fellow visiting from stateside may want a cup of joe, so I set out on a two hour loop today to try my navigational skills in the Gokulam area of Mysore. What I did was remarkably trivial: went to a place with good latte (where all the locals were texting on the cell phones); went to the grocery store; and went to the bank. Absolutely mundane, but when one is in a genuinely foreign culture, it feels like a real achievement to undertake these tasks.
I've uploaded a photo of the Hindu temple which is just 100 yards down the hill, at the beginning of the post. Lots of color in this religion's art.
Here's a video link, I hope, to a typical Mysore street scene:
I am eager to hear more. Don't stop.
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