Hi Steemians
I live in Ireland & for the winter I have decided to move to south India where i will do some workshops & attend a course in Yoga
I will miss Ireland
Breathing in this beautiful fresh air & most of all the trees
Now if you could here my trees with my lovely Irish accent, you would have a laugh (As we pronounce trees like 3's)
On my way to Bangalore from Dublin but 1st stopover is in Paris where I get to hang with my dear friend Sandra for 10 hrs
The reason for my stop over in Paris, is that I was born here & have spent 23 years of my life
So yes Paris is my hometown & Sandra is my homy
Although I am flying from Ireland where one half of me comes from (my mama is Irish)
Now on the next flight to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (an air of suspense) 11:11 on 10/01 …
I chose this stopover because I have never been through here & in fairness was a super cheap flight. wonder why? The airway company is pretty neat…. Also a stopover in the middle east seems familiar as the other half of me is from here (My dad is from Baghdad)
The wait is long but all & in all Riyadh is a nice stopover as the airport is not to heavily congested & people are nice & helpful
Riyadh to Bangalore
Slept the whole ways to wake up to a sweaty midday
Flow out of the airport & allow myself to be guided by intuition. Not much to do here just be. So I flow over to a taxi & ask price for Mysore & I kindly get the answer 5000 rupees = $70
I could afford it but the experience wasn’t worth it on my own so hopped into a taxi & was chauffeured into Bangalore majestic bus station.
Once there I immediately hopped on a bus to Mysore (3hrs drive). To my delight the Ticketmaster asks me for rs.260 = $3. Wow well worth the ride & in terms of comfort no different than a taxi (the roads can be quiet bumpy & generally they must drive super slow on average 40km/hr
Once arrived in Mysore, pretty frazzled, a tchuck tchuck picks me up & brings me to my hotel in Gokulam (a very westernised suburb of Mysore) the Ashtanga Yoga capital of India
Even though I am a Hatha Yogi, this is where my journey starts
Arrived at the hotel & very happy that my balcony is facing beautiful trees