Karnataka and Bangaluru is in central southern India. Home to India’s silk capital Mysore, burgeoning Silicon Valley’esque city, Bangalore, and whiling away in the rocky alcoves north the temple filled town of Hampi. I have broken the post into two so you can see what I got up to over a couple of cups of tea. Mysore – MySilk I took a taxi with 3 savvy young professionals on Sunday of Easter all heading back to work at HP and Samsung in the countries Tech cities of Hyderabad and Bangalore respectively. I tried to bargain for a room at the Park Royal (simply because I fancied saying I had stayed there!) not a chance! Settling down the road I made a home for myself in Mysore for a couple of days enjoying the cooler climate (I guess about 28C). Mysore Palace Gate.... I was a bit slow for the Palace shot! I started at the cities Palace lit with 10,000 lights and as I entered the Palace grounds, large rain drops started to cascade down and as ...