One Canon DC215 Digital Camera in hand and a whole city of miscellaneous oddities to see. Wanna see a horse laying apparently dead in the middle of the street so everyone must drive around it, only to get up because it has finished its nap? Or the various hues of cow that the populace paints them for the various festivals? Patience—you’ll get there sooner or later. Meantime, here’s the ones that are half good.

IT.COM

• Construction of IT.com hangers. The Maharaja's Palace itself, the linux pavilion to be, and ones they made earlier.
• Seven days left and almost there.
• Finally it's showtime. Stall ready back and front (large photos) and volunteers ready too
• John 'the gate' Franklin
• Crowds flock to the Linux Pavilion entrance (below shot)
• 180 degree shot of the crowds on saturday afternoon, from the Linux pavilion on left all the way round to the palace on the right. Small version - 60Kb. Large version - 390Kb.
• Astute guard notices giant book has no pages

Lal Bagh Botanical Gardens

• The glass house with no glass and only a bit of roof.
• Spit bin and dustbin. As long as that's clear then.
• There's an outcropping of rock in Lalbagh with a temple on top of it. The shrine's not that interesting but the rock is 3000 million years old apprently. It's technically called peninsular gneiss.
• Topiary from a warped mind
• Think you could build a tree house from this?

Antharaganga Hill

• The shrine in the pool halfway up Antharaganga. Here you can wash your sins away if you're the right religion.
• Like most hill regions, the hills are basically packed dirt with huge rocks on top. House-sized rocks, that is.
• The temple and basically the area below that are literally strewn with monkeys. Top one has baby holding onto her front.
• The way down from the temple and the way up.

From Bangalore to Mysore

• One of Bangalore city station's helpful signs
• Typical sights on the railway between Bangalore and Mysore (1 2). One not so typical.
• The twenty one gun salute signalling the start of the Dasara parade in Mysore. (1 2 3 4 5)
  The smoke hides the quick exit of two cows previously sitting down five yards from the muzzle ends of the cannons.
• Mysore parade. Floats, more floats, red elephants, blue elephants and onlookers.
• Mysore Palace Gardens

Bangalore Sights and Sounds

• Mahatma Gandhi Road, or MG Road, the first kilometre and the second
• Sunset on MG Road - large and small.
• Wedding celebrations spilt out into Infantry road past the horse that brought the bride and groom here to begin with
• Opening day for Mission Impossible 2. Nice sign.
• The view from the office. In the background are the towers in the city centre
• Bannerghatta Zoo and Safari Park - small elephant, large elephant, and panthers

Domestic Stuff

• The three main rooms in Natasha - Lounge, Diner and Kitchen
• Patrick, the stalwart Sancho Panza to John's Don Quixote
• John's Royal Enfield 1963\2000 Bullet Campus Limited Edition. Large pictures from side and angle.
• Not strictly domestic but couldn't figure out where a clanger being hung by a piece of network cable fitted.
• Seven month old chipatti with face - just don't ask