Twelve Hours in Bangalore

10 May.At a shrine to Hanuman (the monkey-god) in the Bull Temple complex a priest and his boy assistant (who was maybe ten) were attending to an idol (maybe three feet tall, on a slanted platform), made of candy and adorned with garlands. They gave me a coconut sweet, but didn't let me take a picture.

I took an overnight bus from Madurai to Bangalore, made my train reservation for Hampi, and then had a whole day to kill, so I went on a city tour. Above: Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace, built around 1790.And just a few silly photos from the botanical gardens:It's Disney time! (That's a working clock behind all the Seven Dwarves statues.)CLASS-AYYYYYYY.I'm turning Japanees, I think I'm turning Japanees, I really think so!I know, I know, that was pretty terrible. I couldn't resist.