Berniegourley

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• DAILY PHOTO: Tibetan Tanka

  

  Taken on March 29, 2014 at Namdroling Monastery. By B Gourley in Art, Buddhism, India, photographs, Photos, pictures, Tourism, travel on April 2,... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Horse in Field

  

  Taken on March 30, 2014 in Madikeri, India By B Gourley in Animals, India, nature, outdoors, photographs, Photos, pictures, Tourism, travel on... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: How to Lose Friends & Irritate People by Laszlo Wanky

  

  How to Lose Friends and Irritate People by Laszlo Wanky My Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars Amazon Page Wanky pays an homage to Dale Carnegie’s seminal self-help book b... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Padmasambhava Buddhist Vihara

  

  Taken March 29, 2014 at Namdroling Monastery in Bylakuppe. Namdroling Monastery is the largest teaching center of the Nyingmapa sect of Tibetan Buddhism in the... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Nandi Hill Reservior Tank

  

  Taken March 23rd at Nandi Hills. By B Gourley in archeology, India, photographs, Photos, pictures, Tourism, travel on March 28, 2014. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Ross Perot Gargoyle Monkey

  

  Taken March 23, 2014 at Nandi Hills Many say that baby macaques are cute. Those people may not have seen a true infant, hairless and wrinkled,... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Monkey Love

  

  Taken March 23, 2014 at Nandi Hills. By B Gourley in Animals, India, nature, outdoors, photographs, Photos, pictures, Tourism, travel, wildlife... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Nandi Hills Overlook: With and Without People

  

  Taken on March 23rd at Nandi Hills. No. I didn’t push them off. By B Gourley in India, nature, outdoors, People, photographs, Photos, pictures,... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Helping Hand Or Monkey Bite?: You Decide

  

  Taken on March 24, 2014 at Nandi Hills. One monkey was hanging off the fascia of Tipu Sultan’s old hunting lodge. The other was either being a helpful... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: V.B. Bakery in VVpuram

  

  Taken March 22, 2014 in Bangalore. V.B. Bakery is a 60-year-old Bangalore institution located on Food Street (proper name: Old Market Road) in Visveswarapuram... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Strangler Fig

  

  Taken in October of 2012 at Angkor. At Angkor, trees swallow temples, both breaking them up and holding them together, giving us a glimpse of the world after us. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Two Things To Keep On You In India

  

  If you though I was going to say “Passport and FRRO Registration”– WRONG! First of all, that would make the most boring blog post ever–not a distinction for... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Yoga Instructor / Lotto Girl–The Most Dispised Combination

  

  A Product of Non-linearity. Today, I did Power and Hatha Yoga classes back to back. The instructor for both these classes was highly-skilled, knowledgeable,... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Fruity Flower Sculptures

  

  Taken January 26, 2014 at Lal Bagh Gardens. So, I spent an hour Googling what the correct term was for a “sculpture” made out of flower blossoms. Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Bangalore Beef Market

  

  Taken on March 16, 2014 in Bangalore. Taken on March 16, 2014 in Bangalore. You may be curious about whether one can get a steak or a burger in the land in whic... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Futureland by Walter Mosley

  

  Futureland by Walter Mosley My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page As suggested by the subtitle, this is a collection of nine short stories about a dystopian world. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: The Colors of Holi

  

  Taken in October of 2013 in KR (City) Market in Bangalore. As I skipped posting Daily Photos over the weekend, I’m posting two today–in honor of a Western and a... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Saint Patrick’s Church in Bangalore

  

  This is Saint Patrick’s Church in Bangalore in honor of St. Paddy’s Day. By B Gourley in India, photographs, Photos, pictures, Saint Patrick's Day... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Paleo-Stressing: Acute v. Chronic Stress

  

  “What happened to the good ole days when I ate you people–not lived in your cages?” Paleolithic dieting is all the rage these days. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Coracle Captain

  

  Taken in November of 2013 at Hampi. This 89 pound man rowed tourists (usually weighing much more than 89 pounds a piece–and sometimes including five or six per... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL