Berniegourley

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• DAILY PHOTO: Mustache Machismo

  

  Taken September 5, 2013 India is the last bastion of the luxuriant mustache as a font of machismo. While the thick, droopy stache may have fallen out of favor... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Tipu Sultan’s Palace

  

  Taken September 5, 2013 in Bangalore. This summer palace in Bangalore is held up by 160 columns, each of which is a single teak tree trunk. This section is... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Lies My Tuk-Tuk Driver Told Me

  

  Taken Sept 5, 2013 in Bangalore, India Tuk-tuks or Autorickshaws are the ubiquitous three-wheeled vehicles-for-hire seen throughout South and Southeast Asia. Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Popsicle Time!

  

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  Posted on 08 September 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Flower Market

  

  Taken Sept 7, 2013 at Gandhi Bazaar Tags: Bangalore, flowers, India, market, photographs, photos, pictures, tourism, travelBy B Gourley in India,... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: State Central Library

  

  Taken on September 3, 2013 in Cubbon Park Bangalore has many buildings that look dull red in the midday light but become a vivid orange when exposed to the long... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• 7 Things I Dig About Bangalore

  

  1.) Mornings: Bangalore (Bengaluru) isn’t an early riser, and that makes the mornings an idyllic time for those of us who are so inclined. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Orange as Cammoflague

  

  The background in this photo is the Hindu temple that is on the site of Tipu Sultan’s Palace, but which predates the Sultan’s Indo-Islamic teak structure. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: The Tree of Life

  

  Taken September 3, 2013 in Lal Bagh Botanical Gardens Tags: Bangalore, Botanical Gardens, India, Lal Bagh, nature, outdoors, photographs, photos,... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• The Horn As A Navigational Tool

  

  When I was learning to drive, one piece of advice I still remember was: Never blow your horn because whatever damn fool thing the other driver is doing to get... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Backstreet Bangalorean Chapel

  

  Taken September 2, 2013 Once and a while stumbling through the back streets pays off, and rewards one with an unexpected treasure. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• The Mythical High Performance Sock

  

  All my socks do is sit and plot their escape. The day before I flew to India, a guy in the hotel’s guest laundry room told me that he’d almost gotten in a... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Handicrafts Market

  

  Taken September 1, 2013 in Bangalore, India. This is my first post from my home for the next two years–Bangalore, India. I arrived in the wee hours of the... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Portico in Sunlight

  

  Taken in the Summer of 2009 at the Monastery at Valladolid. Tags: arch, Mexico, Monastery, photographs, photos, pictures, portico, tourism, travel,... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Not a Good Look, Mr. Nimoy

  

  Taken in summer of 2011 in Budapest This photo was taken on the Palace grounds in Budapest’s castle district. I’m pretty sure I took the photo because the littl... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Slow Down and Savor the Instant Karma

  Our tenant moved into our house and we still have a couple of days until we fly to Bangalore. So I’m living in a hotel in a densely populated part of town.... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Daisy Train

  

  Taken August 25, 2013 in Big Tree Preserve in Sandy Springs Tags: Daisy, flower, nature, outdoors, photographs, photos, pictures, travelBy B... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Lime Green Butterfly

  

  Taken in the fall of 2012 in Phnom Penh Tags: Butterfly, Cambodia, Grand Palace, nature, outdoors, Phnom Penh, photographs, photos, pictures,... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Beijing from the Drum Tower

  

  Taken in the summer of 2008 in Beijing China. Tags: Beijing, China, Drum Tower, photographs, photos, pictures, tourism, travelBy B Gourley in... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Hooky Day at the Beach

  

  Taken in August of 2007 at Coney Island Beach Tags: beach, boardwalk, Coney Island, New York, photographs, photos, pictures, tourism, travelBy B... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL