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    2 January 2005lukeall, mysore, karnataka, india

    the clock struck midnight about 15 minutes before the plane landed in mumbai (bombay). everyone on the plane counted down together but i guess they held off on champage due to the tray tables being stowed and what not. i had been flying for 16 hours at that point and all i cared about was getting out of the plane so that i could figure out how i was going to get to mysore. i can’t think of a better way to have begun the new year tho, people often talk about resolutions and what not around new years but so often it seems to be more a passing thing that is often forgotten a few weeks later. since moving to la i have done a much better job keeping with my asana practice 5-6 days a week, studying more about yoga and trying to live a healthier life. i still have a very long way to go (many lifetimes i’m sure) but beginning the new year this way seems like an excellent way to help.

    back to logistics …. after landing i cleared customs which went rather quickly, just a bunch of lines and stamps in my passport. i filled out some paperwork when i came and i think that i have to save the other half and turn it in when i leave, but nobody told me anything about it either way so who knows. after getting my bag and clearing customs i began the long and confusing process of finding my way to the domestic terminal and getting a flight to bangalore. there was a free shuttle that was supposed to run but the huge queue never seemed to go anywhere and my plane was scheduled to leave at 3am. i finally gave up and grabbed a cab which i shared with two indians who were taking the same flight. i don’t know if i would have pulled it off without them … even though there were about 75 cabs waiting around out front, one could not just go up to one and hire it. we had to prepay for a ticket inside, search the parking lot for the cab whose number was written on the ticket, then search for the driver of the cab.

    buying a domestic ticket was no big deal but actually getting on the plane felt like a massive bureaucratic nightmare. i had to go through two metal detectors, have the magnetic-detector wand passed over me twice (in two locations) and each time i had my bags checked they had to stamp a tag attached to it. then there were people everywhere checking the tags on my luggage making sure that they were stamped. it seems that with 1.27 billion people here, it’s easier to build a process around lots of people instead of things like an airport that it’s not easy to sneak around in.

    after flying another 2h45 to bangalore from mumbai, i grabbed a taxi to take me the next three hours to mysore. the cab driver assured me that he knew exactly how to get to my hotel, but what he really meant was that he knew where mysore was and would ask 15 different people for (often conflicting) directions to the hotel once we got here. apparently the streets all have names here, there are just no signs to indicate what they are …. look for all sorts of exciting stories once i get up the nerve to stop taking rickshaws around and rent a scooter.

    ok, that’s all for now …. i think i found an apt and will be moving in there soon, pics of my current hotel (and shower / bathroom situation follow). click to see full sized versions.

    traditional south indian breakfast of iddly

    my indian style bathroom (the bucket is used instead of tp)

    the shower head only supplies cold water, but if i squat i can shower under the hot water faucet

    my hotel is the red sign on the right

    elephants working at the mysore palace

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  1. Patti 2 January 2005 at 12:56

    Happy New Year! I’m glad you made it, I’ve been thinking about you :) good luck -p

  2. Trish and Earl 2 January 2005 at 13:32

    Congratulations. Your journey has started in true “luke style”. I am so so happy with all the details. Thank you my sweet sweet heart. Earl says..can’t wait to see pics of your posh digs in Mysore. I say. whats this about a scooter. ? xoxoxo

  3. Bud 2 January 2005 at 15:36

    Glad you made it. I’m jealous. Good luck. Much love.

  4. Maria 2 January 2005 at 19:43

    I am so happy to hear you have arrived. I was thinking about you all weekend. Miss you tons! xxoo m

  5. Matina 3 January 2005 at 6:46

    Girl, glad to hear you made it there safe. Happy New Year!
    Oh, the cab system there sounds like the same one they have here at JFK, chaos…

  6. randy aka mary 3 January 2005 at 18:18

    lord, child!! you actually did it…………………….woohoo!! congrats and best wishes. do they have mardi gras there?? :-)

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