Three travellers at the start of the Karnataka tour, January 2007

A road trip journal

Touring Karnataka,
near Bangalore

Temples and granite carved sixty-four feet tall, coffee grown in the shade, tea climbing the hillsides — thirty-seven photographs from the road.

Travellers Sheral · Jitendra · Jim Route six legs, Bangalore and beyond Photographs 37

Setting Out

Three travellers, one road trip into Karnataka.

Three travellers — Sheral, Jitendra, Jim
Three travellers — Sheral, Jitendra, Jim
Dinner with Suniel and his family
Dinner with Suniel and his family
Pan
Pan

Temple Country

Granite carved sixty-four feet tall, sacred texts, and an elephant's blessing.

64 ft of carved granite
64 ft of carved granite
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Sacred texts
Sacred texts
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Temple elephant giving blessings
Temple elephant giving blessings
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
10,000 people fed for free, daily
10,000 people fed for free, daily

On the Road

Karnataka unspooling through the windows.

Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007

A Stop for Wellness

A naturopathy hall and a hospital directory, noted along the way.

Naturopathy Meditation Hall entrance
Naturopathy Meditation Hall entrance
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Manipal Hospital directory
Manipal Hospital directory

Coffee & Tea Country

Into the hills, where the coffee grows shaded and the tea rows climb the slopes.

Shaded coffee
Shaded coffee
Tea hillside
Tea hillside
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007

The Last Miles

Closing out the tour.

Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007
Photograph from the Karnataka tour, January 2007