Week 14: 23/07/2012 - 29/07/2012
I headed to Bangalore for the weekend to see my old colleague Tim. It was great to be able to fly with my friend Abhi who was making a weekend trip to see his folks. It was lucky I did travel with a local, because without Abhi's local language skills I would never have found my pre booked taxi!!
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| Abhi with a bracelet made by his cousin |
Friday night involved some sensational food at Samarkand Restaurant (Tim and I massively over ordered), followed by a trip to the microbrewery called Toit. I thought is was excellent, good selection of beers, a good vibe, and some eye candy too. The
most memorable part of the evening was my first ride in a Tuk-Tuk.....
those drivers are crazy!
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| KA05..... yes, absolutely! |
Saturday was a carefully crafted flying tour of Bangalore via foot and Tuk-Tuk. Tim took me to see:
- Mahatmah Ghandi Park
- Cubbon Park
- High Court
- Tim's Metro construction sight
- ISKCON Temple (bizarre opulence followed by begging for money (to build a bigger temple...))
- Lunch at some awesome little Indian restaurant (unbelievable Dosa... Pelita will never be the same again)
- Tipu’s Summer Palace
- Avenue Road (post heavy shower, water cascading down the streets, live stock jostling for position with people and scooters.... just how I imagined India would be like).
- Coconut Grove for a well deserved beer!!!
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| Tim and me outside Infantry Hotel (not as good as I was hoping....) |
Sunday involved an epic journey to find brunch at Herbs and Spice, an indoor buffet bbq which delivered all sorts of meaty treats, followed by a superb brownie! Then off to airport to meet up with my travel companion Abhi for the flight home.
Some Observations of India
- The food was awesome
- Cows ambling through the streets whilst people run for their lives
- The head wobble happens.... as far as I could tell is means yes/no/maybe!!
Thanks very much to both Tim and Abhi for showing me India.
Tim's blog of this weekend can be found here.
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