Originally Posted by
nth_utsera_sth_utsera
but I'm looking for the accent to be on cultural sightseeing, so not sure Bangalore and its environs are going to hold much interest for me, based on what you described in your post. But perfectly happy to be proven wrong.
Mysore is about a 3 hour drive out of Bangalore and I absolutely loved the time we spent there on a day trip, except for where I got violently ill half-way through the day and had to explain to the driver that we needed to return to Bangalore immediately and that, along the way, I needed to stop to use a toilet. He eventually understood and complied but was struggling mightily to find a "proper" loo for the white guy. I eventually explained that it simply didn't matter and took care of business.
But the time I was coherent in Mysore was truly lovely.
I wrote a bit about that day of our trip here:
1,000 steps to dysentery
