Today we took a quick tour around Bangaluru and then drove around 4 hours to Mysore (aka Mysuru).  We stopped to enjoy a riverside lunch at a hotel/zoo/resort and stopped at Tipu Sultan’s Mysore summer palace, Daria Dalaut Bagh.  In the evening we took a dizzying tuktuk ride to enjoy a cultural show and the crowds at the illuminated Mysore Palace.

Summer Palace Wall, Detail

Happy, happy, happy…..

Summer Palace Wall Detail

Light show preparing for coronation of local prince

Summer Palace Walls

Mysore Palace Illumination

Summer Palace Arches

Mysore palace gate

Geese at lunch restaurant, playing with the new macro lens

Summer Palace

Mysore Palace Illumination

Summer Palace

Summer Palace Entrance

Summer Palace

Summer Palace Walls

Cultural Show at Mysore Palace

Indian Coin

Mysore Palace Illumination

A little tuktuk madness in the rain

Summer Palace Walls

Fish in tank

Post office (aka pigeon coop) at Summer Palace

Summer Palace

Unimpressed Emu at hotel where we had lunch