Day 107 (Sun 22 Oct) - Mysore / Hubli

Up quite late and packed up our gear.

Had breakfast in the hotel restaurant and then checked out, leaving our main rucksacks at the hotel. As we walked to the internet cafe we spotted a cow doing some impulsive shopping.

Blogged until about 3ish and then went back to our favorite rooftop restaurant, stopping briefly for Jo to get her bag mended, where we met a European couple, Gary and Isobel, we had seen the previous day.

They lived in Prague although Gary was well acquainted with East London having been brought up in Ilford and having a brother living in Walthamstow! Had a good old chat and a few beers and then walked off to the Palace to see if they would switch the famous lights on!

There was a massive crowd all headed towards the palace. We luckily managed to find a good and uncrowded vantage point.

At 7pm the lights were switched on and what a sight ( [1], [2], [3] )! The whole palace was lit up with thousands of white light bulbs and looked like Harrods on steroids. Magnificent.

Walked back to the hotel where we picked up our rucksacks and headed off to Mysore station to catch our train to Hubli.