Wednesday, January 02, 2008

12/29 Checking out Mysore

Saturday morning our group arrived to Ginger Hotel in Mysore. This Indian city populates a little less than a million people which is tiny compared to the other Indian cities. The road trip was an eye opener. It reminded me of the first time I saw poverty, a developing nation and extreme pollution (Dominican Republic with Dad and Nea). Anyways, during our road trip to Mysore we passed through many rural villages. I noticed their trenches for their irrigation and agricultural systems.

After our arrival and hours of rest a group of us decided to explore the area surrounding the hotel. We walked about 4 km along a busy highway with hardly any buildings and we all began to wonder if there was even a downtown (which we definitely discovered later). Nonetheless, it was an adventure and we paid $1.20 to walk through a Nature Park and ride in a row boat (on a small pond). We also found a police station that looked like a mini palace.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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