We left Hampi about 9 pm and rickshaw took us to a bus station. We were heading to Kochi and Mysore was a transit city.
Gladly, we booked a sleeper bus and were absolutely happy about this decision. It was in a very good condition and all the way (8 hours) we slept like babies till we got to Mysore.
The bus arrived around 8 am and we had 12 hours till the next bus and we decided to explore the city.
While walking to the nearest palace rikshaw driver stopped us and offered a small tour around Mysore for 50 rupees, we thought that it’s a good offer and we will see more places, so we agreed.
The Aroma Shop
We started our sightseeing with a nice and atmospheric place in the old city, it was a shop of real essential oils and incense sticks. A very kind man welcomed us and showed everything and after that we understood that we did a mistake buying cheap incense sticks at local market.
The real ones are made of honey, they are very flexible and can smolder for 1 hour. We were impressed and bought some. Oils were a bit expensive for us, but I can tell that the quality is outstanding! The smell stays for the whole day!
Silk shop
After such a nice and aromatic place we went to the silk shop. As the driver said, it’s one of the best shops in the city providing the best quality.
Everything was hand made in there, starting from scarfs, vases, bracelets, jewelry and ending with rugs and clothes. Out of curiosity we wanted to see everything what they are selling, prices were really high, but worth the thing. We saw the difference between what is sold in markets and real hand made shop, impressive!
Visiting Mysore Palace
When we entered the palace we understood how crowded it actually is. May is a school holiday month in India and all the people, locals and tourists are going to see the most popular places of their country.
The Palace was impressive, all the halls and the colors in design attracted an eye.
The Zoo
As always we didn’t have a plan for the whole day and we were just wandering around till we got to the Zoo. We decided to have a look, because it will be better than just walking through the noisy city streets.
The Zoo was huge, it took us around 3,2 km from entry till the exit. We saw different kinds of animals, birds and plants. From the one side, we felt sorry for all the animals who are stuck there only to entertain people, no freedom at all, but from other side it was very educational. Now we definitely know more about variety of species on our planet.
In 3 hours we finished our Zoo trip and were a bit tired, so we went to a restaurant, had lunch and dinner together and by the time we finished the bus was already waiting for us to go to Kochi.
In Kochi we spent 2 days and then left to see the beautiful and green Munnar.
Can’t wait to share the views with you, we are so inspired by the tea plantations and hills.
Stay tuned for the next post about Munnar!!!
We do not fancy the city sightseeing, we better prefer nature :)
Are you a city or nature lover?