I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo

The Amateur Traveler episode 740. Today the Amateur Traveler talks about

Palaces and Puri, sultans and statues, temples and auto rickshaws as

we go to the Indian city of Mysore.

I know that I should be heading home, but maybe not, maybe not today.

Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Let's talk about

my sore India. I would like to welcome to the show Raoul Ayer from Arizona, but who's come to talk to us about my sore India

Raul welcome to the show

Good afternoon, Chris. How are you? I'm good.

So before we start talking about what people should do there,

could you put this on a map for us?

My Sur is in the south central part of India, in foothills at the de Khan Plateau.

It's about 144 kilometers south of Bangalore.

It is right there in the center. It's not on any coast. In fact, it's on the highlands. You have the eastern and the western

gats, as they call their highlands, which are just likewise on either side of the area.

But it's in a highlands.

To give you an idea of the kind of elevation you're at,

you're at about 5,000 odd feet above sea level.

Oh, I didn't realize it was that high up. Okay. Interesting. Excellent and

Before we say why should you go there? What's your connection with my sir? Well, I have been to my sir several times over my life.

My mother is originally from my store and grew up there.

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