For my last couple of days in India I go back to Mysore to catch up with some of the Raleigh folks - Gavin, Mark, Vijay, Deepak, Amanda and fellow Kebepura PMs Helen and Zoe who are also back for a few days. Mysore is comfortingly familiar, so it feels a bit like coming home. On the way from the station I can't help noticing that in true Indian style all the cows are luminous yellow - this is for the Pongal (harvest) festival and they have been coloured with tumeric dye. Some owners have gone even further so there are pink and orange cows too... I will miss all this colour back in the UK!
Helen and I climb up Chamundi Hill again, this time without full backpacks and camping gear, so it feels a bit less like hard work and we can take some time to admire the view and the Chamundeshwari temple at the top.
My last two days in Mysore go all too quickly so after a final trip to Devaraja market to take in all the sights and smells and another pedicure at the Windflower where I'm staying, (I'm getting far
too fond of pedicures), I'm on the train back to Bangalore for my last night in India.
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