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On Saturday I walked further from the hotel than I had been before. Here's a market that was along a street - there were piles and piles of stuff!
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A wider view of the street and market. (sorry about the bright light and dark shadows - not sure how to fix this?)
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The market also had some flower stands.
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At the end of the street was a small(ish) mall with a kinda weird facade inside. It turns out the second and third floors are all one megastore, so I guess they wanted solid walls? Anyway, it took me a while to figure out that diagonal stripe against th
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Ugadi is the New Year's celebration for (parts?) of India, although it's apparently not as big a deal as Diwali and other holidays.
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A cricket board game! Man, I almost bought this. Although it does say for ages 8+...
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A view from the escalator.
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I saw this giant statue as I was walking down the street.
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Cows resting in the shade. I can't blame them - it was quite warm outside! (high 90's, I later found out)
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The Peruvian consulate is right down the street from my hotel! (you can't read it, but that's what the seal by the gate says, trust me)
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This very pretty sidewalk art was in front of someone's house, I think (or maybe an apartment complex). But I'm pretty sure it's sidewalk chalk - seems like it would be a shame to have it wash away!
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On Sunday some friends from the office showed me around some places near(ish) Bangalore. First up was Keshava Temple at Somanathapur. The price difference for foreigners was pretty steep, but it's still like $1.60, and I assume taxes pay for upkeep so i
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A view of Keshava Temple from the outside. Its three domes that house three shrines on the inside. The temple was built in the 13th century!
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The outside of the temple had these amazingly intricate carvings. Each level is a different theme or set of stories. (the bottom one is elephants!)
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Some illustrations from the Kama Sutra.
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Vishnu with his wife Lakshmi on his lap.
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This enormous tree was right outside the temple. I'm not sure what those flowers are...
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On the way to our next destination, this herd of goats? sheep? were taking up the whole road. A bit of judicious honking from our driver took care of that!
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We stopped by the Cauvery river in Talkad. It was pretty, but crowded! Apparently the bottom is very sandy and shallow, so you can almost walk across it.
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We next went to Bharachukki Falls in Shivasamudra, which was...well, not that wet. Apparently it's much more impressive during the monsoon season.
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But there was some water at the waterfall!
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While we were at the waterfall, this adorable little monkey came near us!
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The monkey was very chill.
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We were thirsty after all this, so we got some fresh sugarcane juice. You can see the sugarcane coming out on the right side of the scary grinding machine.
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For dinner I went to an all-day breakfast place and got waffles! With bananas! And chocolate!
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This lunch place had a Bugs Bunny over the door, for reasons no one could determine.
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The lunch place was decorated rather...festively.
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