tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345699.post-1176303636080683342007-04-11T10:29:00.000-04:002007-04-11T11:00:36.120-04:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1895/329/1600/922494/Brunch%20Crowd.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1895/329/320/721762/Brunch%20Crowd.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1895/329/1600/177032/Mysore%20Center%20from%20Balcony.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1895/329/320/499078/Mysore%20Center%20from%20Balcony.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1895/329/1600/244185/Hotel%20Pool%20Kristina%20&%20Co..jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1895/329/320/573756/Hotel%20Pool%20Kristina%20%26%20Co..jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Most of the Westerners I have met here, the ones who come to Mysore to practice yoga, are quick to start a conversation and engage any other Westerner . It's great for me because my friend is basically working all the time (they work 6 days a week here in India - from 9:30 am until 9 pm. Tough for an American) so I'd be alone all day if I hadn't hooked up with this crowd. Now everyday is booked but even though I only do about 3 things a day, yoga class, meet for brunch Gokulam, go to a bookstore and sit by the pool, it takes all day to accomplish all of these "chores". Nothing is easy here but I love it.<br /><br />One of the pics here was taken outside of Pattahbi Jois's shala where I am sort of an honorary member because I meet the girls there everyday after class to go to brunch. Another is of Mysore city center where we browse the bookstores for counterfeit yoga books and cheap ($1) yoga mats. The thing about this pic is that there are women in the street; first time I have seen women walking around in crowds. The streets here are typically teaming with Indian men and I wear dark sunglasses to avoid eye contact as it is considered provacative here in India to look into a strange man's eyes. I think this part of the city has more women because of the marketplace. Someone has to to the food shopping.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6345699-117630363608068334?l=bostonconfidential.blogspot.com'/></div>cmds_esq@yahoo.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02568152717570372416noreply@blogger.com