Still here in Mysore.We will be leaving in about three hours, on an overnight train to somewhere else. I don't have any names with me now, so I can't tell you exactly where we are headed. Except that it is a long ways away, 11 hours by train, and then a three hour trip in a mini bus. And it is going to be very hot, even hotter, where we are going. In a couple of days we will be in the jungle, wearing special jungle socks so the leaches don't get us. But more of that later, after it actually happens.
I slept very lousy last night. But great dreams, maybe it is the malarial pills. It was very hot in our room, we did not get AC. Had to pay extra for it, and it was not in our budget. We did have a good fan over head, and that was fine. About three am the power went off, as it has every night since we have been here, for about one and a half hours. It was even hotter. At least we had an open window, and it was not too noisy out side at that time of the morning.
We took about an hour and a half mini bus trip to a non working (worshiping) temple (Hindu). It was very interesting, I must say. It is not used for worshiping any more, because once it has been destroyed in any way it is no longer Divine, and they can not worship in it. At some point, more then once, the Moslems came and destroyed part of it, and after that it went into ruin. It is 7 hundred years old, or so. It looks something like Angkor Wat.
Then we stopped at this family's house (he works for Intrepid) and had a delicious lunch. We ate a lot, and then left. Came back to Mysore and Mike and I have been walking around since then (about 2pm, it is now five-fifteen.) We did get out of the chaos for a while, with a good cup of coffee. There are no Starbucks to be found. Probably in Delhi. We went to a veg. market, though they had a lot more then vegies. This area is known for its Sandalwood, so we bought some Sandal wood incense. It is very nice. We watched how they make it. The guy that sold it to us, tried and tried to get us to buy oils as well, but we resisted. He looks a lot like Prince. Now we are here typing, and then we will get some goodies, and water, and head back to the hotel, to get the mini bus that will take us to the train.
I think I am tired enough to sleep on the train. I hope so.
Hope all is well... till next time.
Susan
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