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Sunday: A Day of Rest

 Today we took it a little easier, enjoying a wonderful buffet breakfast at our hotel before heading out to Cubbon Park which was created in 1870.  In the park and surrounding it, there were a number of buildings from the colonial days, now being swallowed up by the modern city.  We walked about thirty minutes from our hotel to the park (not a small feat given the traffic and lack of functioning pedestrian crossing lights) and then had a leisurely stroll through the gardens.  Many Bengalureans were doing the same. We also visited an Indian crafts shop on the way to the gardens.   The final photo is from our hotel room.








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  1. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2024 at 12:35 PM

    Just caught up with your interesting travels to date. Getting any reading done? Who figures out the itinerary for each day's explorations? Sure seems empty of any tourists where you have been. Rand and Fred

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    1. Michael CaveneyFebruary 12, 2024 at 4:04 AM

      Hi Guys...not as much reading as I would like... Joe has been putting together amazing itineraries. Yes, the tourist sights have not had a greqt deal of people...but the streets are crowded...and the traffic!!!

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