Along the way we stopped at Bandipur, a large wildlife reserve. While driving through the park we were fortunate enough to catch some wildlife sightings...
Standard monkey antics...they tried to break into our cars
And some non-standard monkeys...these kind of freaked me out.
Elephants on the roadside.
Singaporeans, Australians, Chileans, a Brit and me with our tour guide at the Maharaja's Palace.
After Bandipur we pushed on to get to Mysore. This entailed driving on possibly the worst road in India (and the competition is stiff). Apparently there are plans to build a new road to Mysore, so they've decided to just let the current road slowly fade out of paved existence. The road is doing its best to hang in, though, so there remains a two-foot wide section of pavement along about a fifty-mile stretch. To add to the entertainment value, the remaining paved section weaves back and forth between lanes so cars coming from both directions try to stay on the pavement and play chicken to see who'll weave off onto the gravel first. 
Four lanes of traffic on one lane of pavement.
And you never know who's coming from the other direction...
We did, however, finally make it to Mysore where we enjoyed some city amenities like fast food and hotels, and caught a few sights. Best of all, we got to forget the daily grind of DSSC, at least for a few days.
Singaporeans, Australians, Chileans, a Brit and me with our tour guide at the Maharaja's Palace.
View of the Palace from the main gate.
Me, Alex (UK), and Natalie, Gregory, and Chris (Singapore)
Chamundeshwari Temple: (L) Alex and I at the temple; (R) Me and a statue of Mahishasura
Worshippers tend to the huge Nandi on Chamundi HIll.
Tera, Me, Alex, Lily, and Leslie at Daria Daulat, the Tipu Sultan's palace in Sriringapatna.
The Jumma Masjid in Sriringapatna.
The Gumbaz: Tomb of Hyder Ali and the Tipu of Mysore
Marker on the Srirangapatna city walls showing where Tipu Sultan was killed in battle by the British.
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