Train arrived early in Mysore so our pickup hadn’t arrived. Caught a rickshaw to the B&B to be greeted by the house dog (later discovered to be named Lucy). The place is run by Stephen, an Englishman who settled out here a few years ago, and his housekeeper Manjula. Randomly bumped into Vicky and Dave (from Darjeeling and Madurai) who had been staying here last night!
We were tired from the train journey but forced ourselves out of the house since we only have 2 days here. Catching a bus into town we grabbed lunch in a “meals” canteen and strolled around the market before heading to the main tourist attraction – the Maharaja’s Palace. The palace is a very beautiful colonial building (built in the early 1900s) – lots of extravagant halls and mix of European and Indian architecture. After another walk around the markets (many amazing colours and smells) we headed back to the house for dinner with Steve, Dave, Vicky and the other guests, Jeff and Julia.
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