Mysore (Karnataka), India - December 19th, 2006

I travelled this afternoon for about 3 hours in train to Mysore, south of Hassan. Very nice green fields, with lots of palm trees in the way there. I have seen a few tourists here in Mysore this evening. It's supposed to be a very charismatic city. It's famous for silk, sandalwood and incense production, traditional painting, Ashtanga yoga gurus, and the Maharaja Palace.

Until independence, Mysore was the seat of the maharajas for the princely state of Mysore, which covered about 1/3 of the present Karnataka.