Welcome….

Welcome…. to our site, where you will find general information and details of how we can help you have a great visit to Mysore. This includes:

  • Mysore Bed and Breakfast, come share our home.
  • Mycycle Tours, guided cycle tours in and around Mysore and Srirangapatnam
  • Fare’s Fair, hassle free auto rickshaw rides
  • information and advice about the things to do in and around Mysore (check the menu at the top of the page)

If you want to know more about who we are, our life here in Mysore, please visit our story at  meandmycycle

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We’re proud to be a Trip Advisor Traveller’s Choice Winner for over five years and are now No. 1 in Mysore. Please check Trip Advisor 

Do join us and our other friends, guests and family at our Facebook sites at Manjula  and Stephen

We’re at tours@mycycle.co and 0091 9886705179

To ask any questions about Mysore or what we do, or to make a reservation just send an email or complete the simple form on our contact page.

We hope to see you in Mysore

Our very best wishes,

Manjula and Stephen

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Unbelievable

You may find this hard to believe. We often joke about safety issues in India.

Just look at these photos, taken early morning near our old house.

What do you think they are of?

Picture one

Picture two

Picture three

Picture one is of a lamp post in Mysore. See the man walking by. The card/poster thing attached to the post is at about his head height.

Picture two is a close up of the same post. Look at the two photos, the white cable shows that it’s above the card/poster. It’s difficult to tell but just above and to the right of the white cable are two bits of wire. Now look at picture three.

Picture three, this is of a different lamp post and much lower down, inside the box thing are two red cables.

Any idea what all these cables are for?

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In a morning on my way to yoga a guy drives up on his two wheeler and disconnects the two wires that you see in pictures one and two.

There’s usually a spark.

They’re the mains supply the street lights.

Yes, you’ve got it!

The way to switch on and off the street lights at dusk and dawn are two wires hanging from one of the lamp posts.

The first is way above head height but easily reachable when sitting on a bike, the other is reachable from just walking past.

Now that’s what I call unbelievably dangerous.

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I drafted this first posting in 2018 a very significant year, when MAnjula and I got married. Maybe I was especially conscious about caring and risks.

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Plus

My own pets were idiots last night.

Billet-Doux peeing on my bed. Lucie digging up the drive and breaking the balakani (besom type outdoor brush).

I can’t believe it.

Was it a full moon?

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posts like this are most often posted where we share our stories of life in India.

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Our house … is a very fine house.

I’ve been asked to post images of our house to remind our guests of it and how it’s changed since they were last here. .

We’ve rented it for sixteen years. Which makes it the house I’ve lived in longest in the whole of my life.

It’s actually two houses.

On the ground floor it’s a 2 bhk. That’s two bedrooms, a hall (lounge), dining room (converted to NQAR —- not quite a room — for Kaveri, kitchen, entrance foyer for the shoes,

On the first floor it’s a 3bhk and now one of the bedrooms is Manjula’s library.

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When Manjula first came here it was sparsely furnished and decorated.

Her first worry was that there wasn’t an electric grinder.

Having to use this, would be just too much!

Now the house is full to bursting inside and out

Here’s a little tour or two

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We had an Indian family return to see us last week. I asked what they could spot on this wall that wasn’t Indian.

Can you see?

Returning guests take pleasure from spotting what’s new. The ‘blue plaque’, outside the front door, denoting that it’s where a famous person lived is the latest addition.

It’s been Mysore Bed and Breakfast for fifteen years, welcoming guests from around the world and no1 in Mysore on Trip Advisor from the very beginning.
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Carry on camping

Actually it’s carry on camper.

For three years now I’ve organised or at least accessed activities for Kaveri’s school summer holidays. She’s the camper but we’re not camping.

That’s 6-8 weeks in April/May each year. While that sounds unclear, well unsurprising as that’s often the case.

Between changing schools, last minute decisions by about when the holidays are plus trying to coordinate with Chandrika (Kaveri’s mum) the inconsistently controvertible….. it’s difficult to know what’s happening and plan ahead. Plan? Ahead? 🤭🤪🥵

But I’m not complaining. It’s always an absolute pleasure to spend time with Kav. .

So …. Dive into this years selection of activities see if you can spot them in the photos …

and there’s still ten days to build up to starting the new school.

Sorted the jumble?

Swimming, seaside holiday, skating, meals with friends, amusements, skating, summer camp at local project, Birthday (now 11), guided tour trying to pass on some of my insights — ha ha, games, kayaking, exploring the city, lighthouse and two forts, shopping fairground, and not to miss TV and iPhone.

Footnote

For the bemused amongst you. What’s it all about?

Manjula’s Mysore agreed to support activities to help and that included sponsoring events and children.

A special thanks to Sarvesh and Sowbaghya for their help especially with Kaveri’s family.

Our main beneficiary is Kaveri. We’ve known her now for three years. As she’s from a similar background to MAnjula we’ll support her into adulthood. The next big step is starting her new school.

Up to date information can usually be found on our blog site

on http://www.meandmycycle.com

Our funding for MAnjula to continue to give comes from the business and direct from some previous guests.

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Ambassador’s Metamorphosis

Ten years ago I bought a lovely Ambassador car to drive MAnjula around.

As her lung condition worsened she was less comfortable on the back of the scooter and she complained of my poor riding of my Enfield motorbike.

She was known to tell me off. 🤔🤭

We joked about our version of ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ the Hollywood movie of the black guy chauffeuring the old lady in a fab vintage car.

In our case the old English man drove the beautiful young Indian woman.

She looked much younger than her age, so our age gap wasn’t so severe.

MAnjula would love it when I asked guests to guess her age. They’d usually think 15-20 years younger than she was.

Manjula would be proud of our newly renovated Ambassador.

Many of the local friends and neighbours stop me to admire her.

Here’s details of the car’s metamorphosis.

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Originally built in 1960 when the Morris Oxford was introduced to India from the U.K.

There was a trend to buy and add body sections in the 1970’s. To update to a more modern mark 4.

So this is her second reincarnation.

A startlingly gorgeous radical red.

Earlier metamorphosis.

Our car’s first big change

The metamorphosis begins…

It begins again

Metamorphosis two

A big job and no less difficult to decide on the new colour.

Metamorphosis three

Feel the change.

Metamorphosis 5

Nearly there but is it the right decision? Where’s indecisiveness come from? it’s not new to me but it’s grown..,

Metamorphosis six

We’re still waiting, with one or two extra additions.

Metamorphosis Seven

Looking good and madam would be happy

A footnote, something tells me it’ll not be the last.

Nothing ever quite goes to plan.

Metamorphosis footnote

Not satisfied with sticking out ‘as a sore thumb’ …. But also being well know for being the luckiest guy with… a beautiful wife, ‘adopted’ nine year old, homestay and cycle tour business, black dog, love-letter cat, Manjula’s Mysore —- being kind with ‘good’ projects — community family around the world, we’ve now got an absolutely gorgeous radical ambassador.

Do come visit and say hello to the newest member (and all) of the family.

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Breathing again

We’re now in the second season since the challenging pandemic times.

It’s wonderful inviting guests from throughout India and around the world. They bring richness of their own life and experiences keen to share insights of India and our life here.

Thank you for coming to share.

We’ve welcomed guests at Mysore Bed and Breakfast and on mycycle tours from India , Ireland, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, Australia, England, Canada, USA, Spain and Netherlands.

They’ve all happily met MAnjula and experienced the wonderful home she created with a little help from me.

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