We went to Goa for a couple of days of relaxation and beach. The hotel we chose was Pousada Tauma in Calangute, a small, exclusive boutique hotel. The ‘faces’ of the hotel are owner Neville and his main staff member Matthew. What Neville (on the right, next to Frits) has built up here is beautiful […]
When is the best time to visit the Lal Bagh Gardens in Bangalore?
Well, it sure isn’t when WE visited! LOL. The Lal Bagh Gardens are enormous. The grounds are so vast, that your best choice is to take the electrical ‘golf-cart-like’ transportation to take you around. Just a week before we were there a big flower expo in the gardens ended. Bad luck for us; that undoubtedly was […]
Tipi Sultan’s Summer Palace in Bangalore
In and around Bangalore the name Tipi Sultan pop’s up regularly, since he played a major role in the history of that area. His Summer Palace in Bangalore is a touristic site now. At least, a tiny part of what used to be his palace. What is left is the building where he received guests. […]
Bangalore’s Big Bull Temple
Next to each other we find Bangalore’s Big Bull Temple and the Shree Dodda Ganapathi Temple. The latter one was closed when we arrived (told you so, we always do that; arriving when temples are closed for the afternoon;-)), but we did visit the Bull Temple. Having seen the big bull statue at Chamundi Hill in […]
How safe is India for women? Part 5.
I would like to end this mini series with my own experiences here in India and with sharing how safe or unsafe I feel here. The short answer is: I am definitely always at my guard, but I feel quite safe. Now for the longer, more nuanced answer: I am very privileged in the way I […]
Why a visit to the Bangalore Palace is disappointing…
We visited the Bangalore Palace, supposedly Bangalore’s number one attraction. It does looks pretty on the outside! But as soon as you step out of your car, the unpleasantness begins. We wanted to take a picture of the whole building in all it’s glory and right away guards started to run over, yelling ‘No picture, […]
How safe is India for women? Part 4.
As promised, we would look into child marriages in relation to topics and phenomenas like rape, sati and the position of women. It used to be very common for girls to get married at an age as young as 13. A local friend of mine, a girl from 19, told me her mother is 34! […]
Where do you find Bangalore’s tallest monkey?
Bangalore’s tallest monkey is the gigantic Hanuman (Monkey God) statue at Agara Junction. It is quite new and it is enormous. We had a very enjoyable walk in the area around the statue. Come along; we will show you around: He looks way bigger and more impressive in reality then on the pictures. I looooove […]
How safe is India for women? Part 3.
I ended my second post about safety for women in India with the topic of widows here, especially in Rajasthan, but not only there, by the way. In the (not so far away) past there was the custom of ‘sati’. When the man died, his wife was expected to throw herself (alive) in the flames […]
Are Bangalore’s murals a pleasure or a pest?
Bangalore’s city walls are filled with murals. How come? Well, in 2010 the BBMP, the local government started a project to paint the city walls. They hired about 100 local artists to paint scenes, like historical sites, daily life scenes, animals, nature and much more. Why? Well, according to the BBMP their first aim was […]
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