Sometimes it bothers me to be counted among all the other tourists here. I went to Jagdish Temple today, a Hindu temple to Lord Jagganath, an aspect of Vishnu. It's a popular tourist site here, and with good reason. It's ornately carved, located in the center of town, and even had a service going on with the locals singing and clapping along.

The reason I hate being among the tourists is that there is a rule that you may never take pictures inside a Hindu temple, and a sign right outside the temple reinforces this. Yet when I went in there were a couple of tourists, discretely snapping away. So basically they came from someplace far away to experience this new, different place, but they don't respect it enough to follow a basic rule. They consider that photo more important. It's such a slap in the face, and I with they would toss them down the stairs in the front (pictured to the left) as an example. Well that's all I have to say about that.

I also went today to the City Palace, actually eleven different palaces built at different times, but all right next to each other in a single complex. It was mildly interesting, but the doors in there were insanely small so I spent the majority of the time just trying not to hit my head. It felt like I was climbing through a McDonald's play structure, like it was built for children but I was in there anyways. From there I got a good picture of the Lake Palace. As you can see to the right it really does look like it's just floating there. I considered going out for dinner there, except it's $75 per person! What!?

Today for lunch I splurged (well not compared to Lake Palace) on a fancy Italian place for some pasta with pesto sauce. Wow. After all Indian food, a good Italian meal was amazing (although it cost me upwards of $3! Sacrilege, I know).

I took a walk around after that, rather accidentally, and ended up near the hotel, next to a smaller lake (pictured at the right). And due to popular demand, I will also say my digestive system is in fine working order, so thanks for asking.