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• DAILY PHOTO: I Go Where I Want: Or, The Bovine Pride Parade

  

  Taken on October 4, 2014 in Mysore By B Gourley in Animals, India, photographs, Photos, pictures, Tourism, travel on October 10, 2014. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Jumboo Savaari Drummers

  

  Taken on October 4, 2014 in Mysore By B Gourley in India, Music, photographs, Photos, pictures, Tourism, travel on October 9, 2014. Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Coroner’s Lunch by Colin Cotterill

  

  The Coroner’s Lunch by Colin Cotterill My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page The Coroner’s Lunch uses a popular and intriguing technique of setting a crime novel... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Red Birds

  

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  Posted on 08 October 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Our 2014 Mysore Dasara Gold Card Experience

  

  A small group of friends, my wife, and I were in Mysore for the last day and a half of Dasara (Vijayadashami) festivities. We purchased the Gold Card tickets... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Mysore Palace by Night

  

  Taken on October 3, 2014 in Mysore The Mysore Palace is usually only lit up on Sunday evenings. However, during the 10-day festival of Dasara (Vijayadashami),... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Dasara Flower Show Gazebo

  

  Taken on October 3, 2014 in Mysore I just got back from attending Dasara (a.k.a. Dussehra or Vijayadashami) festivities in Mysore. Dasara celebrates Rama’s... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: None Shall Pass

  

  Taken in September of 2014 at Wat Arun in Bangkok. By B Gourley in Buddhism, photographs, Photos, pictures, Thailand, Tourism, travel on... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Blue Lotus

  

  Taken in September of 2014 at Wat Pho in Bangkok. By B Gourley in Garden, photographs, Photos, pictures, Thailand, Tourism, travel on October... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

  

  Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page Norwegian Wood is about a quintessentially normal and likable guy named Toru Watanabe who... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Rama VIII Bridge

  

  Taken in September of 2014 in Bangkok This is a bridge over the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.ShareShare on... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Bhagavad-Gita Translated by Barbara Stoler Miller

  

  The Bhagavad Gita by Anonymous My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page The Bhagavad-Gita is a philosophical poem, the title of which is translated as “Song of the... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Kalari Kids

  

  These are a few more pics from the Kalari Gurukulam‘s demonstration on Sunday night. These are a few of the kids from the youth classes. Yesterday, I posted a... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn

  

  Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page Heir to the Empire is set about five years after the first movie trilogy (by release date... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: This is Kalaripayattu

  

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  Posted on 29 September 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Chao Phraya from Wat Arun

  

  Taken in September of 2014 By B Gourley in City, photographs, Photos, pictures, Thailand, Tourism, travel on September 28, 2014. Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Saranrom Park Monitor

  

  Taken in September of 2014 in Bangkok Among the unexpected sights of Bangkok is this Monitor Lizard of about 4 foot long from the tips of its forked-tongue to... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• TRAVEL TIP: Know Your Country’s Go-to Collision Avoidance Device

  

  Bangalore traffic It took me several months to master the art of crossing streets in India. Pedestrian crossing signals are as rare as gold crappers, and as... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Wat Pho Guardian

  

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  Posted on 26 September 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

  

  Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page This book is about the perils of adopting a false face when dating. Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL