I was in Bangalore and Mangalore for a few days. It is always fun being here. The weather was great in Bangalore.

Smartcard based bike borrowing rack.

I had to get a mobile data SIM so I spent some time getting photocopies. In India, you need to have photocopy of your passport first page, the Indian visa and a passport size photo to get a SIM card from a phone shop. We visited this photocopy shop that was offering co-working space near Brigade road. In India you must ask “Where is the nearest Xerox shop?”. Not many people will know the generic term photocopy.

The SiM card was easy to get once we had the photocopies. We ended up getting TATA Docomo SIM card. I bought the basic SIM for about 8 USD. And I topped it up with 6GB data for another 2 USD. Here you see customers buying a bluetooth headset. Mobile phones and accessories are very popular.

The is the entrance to the hackerspace in Bangalore. it is called Jaaga and is at No 68, KH Double Road. In the local Kannada language “jaaga” means “space”. http://jaaga.in/

Seems they have just moved to this space from another location. This space is quiet large. Thanks to @jackerhack for showing me the place.

The workshop downstairs were still being worked on.

The floor upstairs is a large gathering space.

The day I was here, they had some folks from the US (I think Geeks on a Plane) visiting them.

Power socket in the Bangalore to Mangalore train. After Bangalore, we visited Mangalore, a city on the Arabian sea coast.

One of the beaches near Mangalore

IT books are inexpensive in India.

If there is one thing you can say about India, it would be that India is getting mobified or internet-ified at a massive scale.

Even these competitive test preparation guys are offering a tablet to prepare for exams.