Today is Tuesday and we had a full day ahead. After a full night of uninterrupted sleep (I slept until almost 7, a first here!), we went to breakfast. Then we had a lovely tour of the Infosys campus in the extra large golf cart. This is their training facility so it's super big and super nice. We then had a short Q & A with the man who is in charge of training. then we saw more of the campus and then went to their library. They have the biggest corporate library in India and possibly the world. We had a short chat with the head librarian which was informative. We then got back on our golf cart and went to one more building on our tour. There we talked some more about training and recruitment.
Soon it was lunch time and since Kanti runs a tight ship and we had to leave by 1 to go sightseeing, we only had about 15 minutes. We then went to see Mysore Palace. It is a beautiful palace. We had to ay foreigner prices but it was still cheap. To go inside the palace you had to take off your shoes which I was not a fan of but I did. the palace is pretty though we weren't allowed to take pictures. Once we exited the palace we were then herded to small museums that you had to pay for (everyone has a hustle), but none of us were interested. We were interested in...
THE ELEPHANT RIDES!!!! Yes ladies and gentlemen, I rode an elephant in India. Katie, Kim, Collen, Diedre, and I got up on the elephant contraption and went on a ride. It was soooo much fun. We took lots of pictures and had tons of fun. We then got down and finally FINALLY got to collect our shoes. We took some more pictures in front of the palace. We then left the palace to go shopping. I again could not help myself and bought a few things. While we were in the market place these young Indian boys befriended us and wanted to know where we were from and all about us. They were the ones that were surprised I was American. They told me "You look South African, but you have an Indian Head." We went to an emporium and bought lots of goodies. So many things to buy, so little time! After our shopping trip we then went up to Nandi Hills. The views up there were AMAZING! We got to take breath taking pictures of all of Mysore. We also got to see monkey's (today was an animal day). While at the top of Nandi Hill's all of these Indians were so fascinated by us and kept asking to take pictures with us. One boy even requested to take pictures with me alone. It appears he was quite taken with me. He also wanted to get a professional picture by the photographers at the hills but we were leaving. He was sad to see me go. On the way down the hill we saw the bull statue.
Now I am back at my room in Infosys and ready to eat. Talk to you soon!
Much love,
KP
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