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This odd...castle thing was in Terminal D of DFW airport. I walked under it and didn't see any explanation as to why it existed.

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One of the screens at Heathrow airport showed various statistics for the different terminals. Terminal 1 is looking good!

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Heathrow airport also had this neat contraption to make it easy to recycle cups with tea in it (or coffee, I suppose...but come on, this is England!)

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This is what I saw walking out of the Bangalore airport. The long line of people are drivers waiting for people who just arrived. (like me!) Unfortunately my flight arrived early, so I had to walk back and forth every few minutes looking for my name, an

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I'm staying at the SFO Hotel, which has a San Francisco theme. Breakfast is served at Pier 39, which has the sea lion statue.

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The lobby has a nice relief of various sights of San Francisco.

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Sunday I went out sightseeing with people from NI. This is a local Hindi temple.

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Big Bull Temple

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Another intricate roof near Big Bull Temple.

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The white sculpture on the left is the entrance to ISKCON - unfortunately no pictures were allowed inside...

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There were lots of motorcycles and these three-wheelers on the road with cars. Traffic in Bangalore is crazy! (more crazy traffic pictures to come...)

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The outside of Bangalore Palace.

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Rakesh and I prove that I still haven't mastered the whole self-picture thing.

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A bust of the Maharaja of Mysore, who lived in the palace for a long time.

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The walls were nicely decorated, and the elephant is a nice touch!

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The grand hall, where receptions were held.