Going from the east to west coast we stopped in Bengaluru for a night. This is more expensive than the places we had stayed in before, due to it being a relatively big city. However, we managed to stay in a guest house that had only been open for two days and so therefore got cheap rates. The only drawback was that it didn't have a shower, which we didn't realise for a while, and so bucket baths it was!
I love cities, simply for the hustle and bustle and that there is always something going on and Bengalura was no exception. We went to the Government Museum which contains stones and relics and stuff. Doesn't sound that interesting but they had some amazing wood carvings, which were very detailed and I loved. There was also an Art Gallery attached and one particular artist caught my eye as there were some fantastic landscapes. Normally the paintings here are bold and clear with lots of colour and then you notice more detail the longer you look at it. Although I know next to nothing (frankly, nothing) about art I have so far loved most of what I have seen here.
We also went to Cubbon Park, which is just beside the museum. A huge park that was great to sit in during the heat of the day. Lots of shade and far enough away from the road that you couldn't see the traffic.
From Bengaluru we got a semi-sleeper night bus. A semi-sleeper is not comfortable at all and it's good that I don't normally need much sleep. Partly because of the chair and partly because they switched on music very loudly at 6 in the morning. My mp3 didn't go loud enough to drown it out...
We are now in Varkala and the beach (seeing a theme?) is AWESOME. Most of the restaurants look out to the sea and you can sit and watch it for hours. Have to admit haven't been to the temple here, as we feel we've seen lots already, but we walked past it :)
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