The trip to Karnataka had something for everyone:  experiencing Bangalore’s seemingly unstoppable growth, pomp and parades in Mysore, a safari at Nagarhole, ancient sites around Hampi and Badami, gorgeous beaches of Goa and the sophisticated city life of Mumbai.  India is so amazingly varied and really is incredible.

Chennakasava Temple

The family that bikes together…….

Deer trying to hide.

Mysore palace gate

Scary face to chase the demon away.

Mysore Palace

Inside Halebidu Temple

Grabbing something to eat at Virupaksha Temple, Hamdi, India.

Standing before god.

Idol covered with holy powder.

Lost in thought, waiting to bestow the next blessing at the Bull Temple

Happy for the foreigners’ interruption

Priest at Nandi Temple, Pattadakal, India

View from cave, Badami, India

Dan Ware of Toto Tours making friends

We were late for sundown but that doesn’t mean we can’t take pictures. Hampi, India.

Old Portuguese colonial buildings were located all over the Panaji area. Their former glory can still be seen despite the ravages of time.

Checking out the tourists, Tropical Spice Plantation, Kerim, India

Some of them were happy to show off……

Dabbawala sorting homemade lunches in mumbai

Reclining Buddha at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya

Flying a kite in Dharavi slum, Mumbai

Mumbai oasis, St. Regis Hotel

Sun setting on Nagarhole.