I arrived at my hotel in Bangalore Monday morning 2am local time (Hey, what is it with this arrival time? There seems to be a pattern developing…) The city is in a turmoil from the recent bombings with more happening in Ahmedabad and more devices discovered, and thankfully disarmed in Surat over the past couple of days. For all that, the most dangerous part of the journey has indeed been the car portion. Let’s just say the traffic rules in this city are variable.

There was a hearty English breakfast buffet in the hotel this morning that wouldn’t have been out of place in any upscale London hotel. The rooms are very nice and clean. Then there is outside the hotel, it’s a completely different place. In the newspaper this morning I read a piece describing how the recent rainfall will help rural areas have 8-10 hours of electricity per day. While coming to the office, I saw a young man urinating into a gutter by a pile of rubble in front of a gated business selling cars.

The driver coming in asked me if I’d been to Niagara Falls, he’s something of a waterfall buff, and the proceeded to show me video of Jog Falls he’d taken on his phone, these are the highest falls in India at around 250m (830′), you learn something new every day….for your viewing pleasure, there is a short video of the falls below.

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