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Friday Follies: In the Moooo’d for Cows
Dateline: Bengaluru, India
No, it’s not an optical illusion. That really IS a cow strolling down the median of the Ring Road in Bengaluru. An everyday occurrence, actually.
Cows are the only thing on the road that has absolute right-of-way in India. And somehow they know it.
Clara here doesn’t qualify as fast food, although she’s hoofin’ right [...] Read more »
A Day Full of Surprises in Southern India
The Karnataka State Police showed up in force at my hotel today, and they removed me from my room. Needless to say, this was a big surprise.
It all started at about four in the morning, with a simple note slipped under my door. I only know about the time because it was marked on the [...] Read more »
How to Survive Bengaluru Traffic Without Really Trying
I’ve heard many horror stories about traffic in the big cities of India. Bengaluru is reputed to have some of the worst, because so many of their roads are narrow, compared to other locations. Bengaluru has over 10 million inhabitants, so I was expecting a rough time of it.
I’ve ridden in taxis in other world-class [...] Read more »
The Unfortunate Incident of the Indian Green Chile
The Great Chile Underground Hurricane Escape Tour Indian Food Exploration and Mad-Crazy Karnatakan Taxi Dash Bangalore Cultural Safari continued today. I was warned that Monday traffic could be an epic battle against the forces of darknessa a real challenge, so I got down to the breakfast buffet (one of my seven favorite meals of the [...] Read more »
Chicken Biryani for Lunch
All day Saturday in the classroom, instead of playing tourist.
Oh well, that’s what I signed up for. Get the work out of the way early, then on to play! Or at least looking around.
There were compensations, however. For instance, traffic to the site was quite low, with not even one massive logjam in the eight [...] Read more »
Breakfast Buffet in Bengaluru
I made it fine into Bengaluru, although it was 2 AM before I got to the hotel and got settled. A few hours of refreshing sleep and I was ready to go!
Breakfast buffet is included in my room fee, and since it was dinnertime (according to my tummy) I was ready to try out a [...] Read more »
Thai Curry at Angels 350
The Chile Underground’s Grand India Tour and Month-Long Snarf-Fest Curry Expedition got off to a prosaic, even mudane start, with a short hop from Austin to Dallas. With winds from the north at both airports (Thank You Gustav!), the pilot barely had to maneuver at all; up and down, 31 minutes and done. Shoot, I [...] Read more »
Nashville Paleta Queens Kick Bobby Flay in the Popsicle
As a kid growing up in Texas, we lived on home-make Popsicles. We had no air conditioning, but we did have a freezer and Kool-Aid. (Or at least some knockoff of that sweet beverage.)
Four kids and 100 degree days; we ate those frozen treats like Kirstie Allie stoking up for a stint as a one-woman [...] Read more »
