Live, Love, Learn, Travel
When traveling to any new country, it is always ideal to keep an open-mind. Expect differences, embrace them, and learn from them. The same is true when traveling to India. For many people from the western world, traveling to third world countries such as India is a new experience, and one can’t often comprehend all […]
I have had the privilege of visiting Mysore twice, once during each summer I lived in India. Mysore is about a 4 hour journey from Bangalore, and the original capital of Karnataka (the state I was staying in). Here are the details of my 2012 visit to Mysore. Mysore Palace Upon arrival in Mysore, we […]
During a February visit to Bangalore in 2013, I had the opportunity to attend a wedding in Chennai, and I was very excited to do so. A friend and I boarded a sleeper bus late in the evening, that took us the 7 hours to Chennai. The sleeper bus was amazing! We totally need those […]
Tissamaharama to Colombo After packing our bags in Tissamaharama, it was back into the car for our final destination, Colombo. Galle En route to Colombo we made a stop in Galle. If it weren’t for a lack of vacation time (this was my second trip this summer, after my Rhine River cruise), we definitely would […]
Nuwara Eliya to Tissamaharama From Nuwara Eliya we headed back down the hillside towards Tissamaharama and Yala National Park. Just a few minutes out-of-town we made our first stop of the day at Seetha Amman Temple. This temple is where Sita was held captive by King Ravana, and where she prayed daily for her husband Rama to come and […]
