My friends in Bangalore: Rohith, his mother-in-law, and Shruthi, his wife.

One of the huge trees at Lalbagh Gardens in Bangalore. Rohith, 6 feet tall, is the figure at left.

A momma anda a baby monkey at Lalbagh Gardens.

Shruthi and Rohith as we were about to leave Lalbagh Gardens.

Ganesh / Ganpati idols the day before the festival began, sitting on a Bangalore street, covered with plastic, as we drove to the airport almost two weeks ago.

More Ganpati idols on the way to the airport.

Ganpati precession last Saturday in front of my hotel, the Taj Blue Diamond.

Dancers in blue shirts for the Ganpati procession.

A very long string of fire crackers in front of the procession in the hotel driveway.

Dancer on drummer's shoulders.

Ganpati idol in float pulled by large white animal, with a bit of red ocher, which was pretty much on everything by that point ...

... including me. You can see the left side of my face was starting to swell.

Clerks at the front desk of my hotel. They were always cheerful, professional, and very helpful.

Last Sunday, trekking in Durshet Forest.

Appan swings, but did he hit the ball. Left to right: Roopesh, Appan, Krishna, and Lohith

After lench at Durshet Forest Lodge: a dip in the pool.

Our group, down by the river where we skipped stones over the water.
Back row, L to R: Raghu, Vijay, Lohith, ??, Roopesh, ??, Krishna, Jim, Giridar.
Front L to R: Prashant, Girijesh, Raju, Vasu, Sandesh, Appan

Raghu and Girijesh were in Dallas for 6 weeks recently. Girijesh and Raju were in the motor bike accident on the way back from Durshet Forest last Monday.

A bug on my door at Durshet.

Trekking to the waterfall.

The waterfall.

Roopesh in the waterfall. Others followed his lead.