Highlight of my life.

Mysore

Three months into my time in India, Mysore has come to hold a very special place in my heart.  These photos are from my very first visit.
Turns out there isn't a while lot to photograph there other than the palace at various times of the day. :)
Oh and elephants!

Morning Palace.

This is pretty, I got to ride her!

The palace entrance at twilight.

I tried to hold very still for this one.

Last Badami post, promise.

I was only in Badami for about 2 days, but I just can't say how much I loved it.  A huge part of my affection for this tiny village is the people in it.  They were so beautiful and kind. The kids just blew me away.

I would have taken this one home in a heartbeat.

Those eyes. 

The monkeys of Badami.

These guys were just a bundle of fun a huge bunch of thieving menaces.

badami.

Shortly after Hampi, I journeyed to Badami via Hubli. I was already blistered, bruised, bug-bitten and sun burnt, but I absolutely fell in love with Badami.  The people. The caves. The crispness of the stone temples against the blue sky.  The 5 am wake up call (reading of the Koran). And the hotel room that, unlike Hospet, was not full of giant cockroaches for me to trap under water glasses. 

 I loved this place.

Lady Travelers chilling in a cave that reeks of urine.

Laundry Day.

This face broke my heart.

2,000 year old hives!

hampi.

Hampi is a village in northern Karnataka.  Because of its historic temples, like Virupaksha, Hampi is World Heritage site. Some of the temples and sites that I climbed or tripped over or rested in the shade of date back to 1 B.C!

The cows here are very chill.

I loved this fish.  I miss this fish. I tried to steal this fish.

Hampi: it's where the cool kids hang out.

It's a bird, it's a plane...

Ballin'

Life is all about balance.

Virupaksha.

Lennard.

Colorful. Vibrant. Vivid.

It is almost impossible to have a bad day here because everything is so bright and beautiful.  This is a country that appreciates making ordinary things beautiful. 

xo