With all the works pending, this trip to Mysore invariably got delayed week after week. Finally the day came when we headed to my colleagues house for the weekend. Initially had planned to ride to Mysore along with my wife. However, that was not the case to be. After a couple of discussions with my better half, the mode of transport was decided as train from our great Indian Railways.
Day 1: 28th August 2010
It was the 5:30 am (Train No – 6231, Train Name – Mysore Express running from Mayiladuturai Jn) that we had to catch to Mysore from the Bangalore Cantonment. Though we did reach the station on time, we missed the train due the roundabout for the tickets that needs to be bought from platform no 2 instead of platform no 1. The reason being a new building with these ticketing amenities is coming up on the platform no 2 side. We took another train at 6:30 am (Train No – 6731, Train Name – Mysore Express running from Tuticorin). Reached Mysore a good 30 mins late. 140 odd kms took close to 3 hours and 40 mins. Headed straight to my friend’s house on the out skirts of Mysore. Got to ride in the non AC Marco polo bus of the Mysore city transport service. Had a quick grab and headed off to Chamundi Hills. Visited the temple and off we came to the prime shopping area, did a bit of shopping and headed back home to chill off for the of the evening.
Day 2: 29th August 2010
Got up early and after the daily chores, we visited Nanjanagud, a holy place with a temple of Srikanteshwara swamy (lord Shiva). After the visit to the temple and the persistence to visit the famous Mysore Zoo paid off. Off we went to the zoo, I will let the pictures do the talking.
The rest of the day had nothing much more than packing our bags and heading back to Bangalore via the same train albeit in the reverse direction (Train No – 6732, Train Name – Tuticorin Express running from Mysore to Tuticorin)
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