Bangalore is largely a military fort. There's military stuff everywhere. I walked by here on my first day in town.

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There are some really nice middle to upper middle class homes (with big walls around them).

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Bangalore mailbox.

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This is the entrance to my hotel.

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This is the lobby of my hotel.

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This is one of the restaurants in my hotel.

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Back of the hotel.

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Motorized rickshaw. They don't really fit three people in the back very well.

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Two of the guys I'm working with and a guy from the hotel. Try to guess which ones are Roger and Michael.

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View from inside my taxi on the way to work.

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I love that they used the word "touts".

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They had some amazing carvings in this store. I bought my elephant here, but it's a more "traditional" western elephant.

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This was in the store where we went to buy Pashminas.

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I don't know what a horologist is.

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You can buy Mein Kampf (in English) in Bangalore. Charming.

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No idea what this fruit was, but saw several people selling it on the street.

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Horse & buggy in the Bangalore traffic.

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Horse & buggy in the Bangalore traffic.

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Giant fan palm.

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This was a HUGE fan palm.

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Bangalore traffic. There's tons of it and everyone is really enamored with their horns.

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Folks on a scooter

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