Bird Sanctuary

Yesterday Annette and I went on a trip to a bird sanctuary that is situated about 30 minutes from Mysore. There is a river here called "Cauvery River" where there are a lot of migrating birds and crocodiles. We went out on a boat, and we passed two crocodiles! My first WILD crocodiles! That was cool.

After that we went to a temple nearby. We only had 20 minutes before they closed, an d a man started leading us around the temple. At first I thought he was guiding us around because we had so little time, then we started wondering if he was going to charge us. We have been very cautious during our whole trip against tour guides, and in general against people trying to cheat us to pay more money than we should(people here try to cheat you all the time). Somehow we lost our guard, and we ended up paying him 350 Rps!!! Way, way too much. The whole trip with the rickshaw cost us 300 Rps! But shit happens. It's not about the money, it's about being cheated.

Now that I have written about it, I will not think about it again!