Lalbagh Botanical Garden Bangalore

Today we spent nearly 4 hours to get a simcard for iPad. I remember reading that it was very difficult to get a simcard in India, so I came prepared with photocopies of my travel documents and photos. However this time, we had hard time finding a shop that was open and sells pre-paid cards. Even some shops asked us to get a documentation from the …

Happy Independence Day to India! It just so happens that my date of birth also lands on this day, August 15th and to make things more interesting, it is my 21st birthday!

I definately experienced the birthday wakeup of a lifetime. Our sleeper bus boarded at 8 p.m. the previous night and we arrived in Bangalore around 6 a.m. A man in …

There has been a lot of time in between my blogs because I've been busy with work and also fighting with stomach problems – mainly the stomach problems. I thought I was being careful in selecting what I ate, but it seems that I have introduced my system to too many new things at once. I think the main problem is the spices and …

Since I decided to create this blog after my arrival, I have decided to summarize a few points of interest from my first few days in Bangalore.

-Water wake-up call: Although I had learned before my departure that I should only drink sealed, bottled water, avoid ice, and take other necessary measures to avoid contracting Hep A, Typhoid, …

We arrived in Bangalore late Wednesday night. As soon as we stepped outside the airport, we breathed a sigh of relief - Delhi's oppressive heat was gone! The temperature was somewhere in the low to mid 80s - temperatures we probably had not seen since starting the trip! Bangalore got off to a good start!

Our first excursion was first …

I remember landing and waiting for my rucksack thinking is this going to be the time it goes missing. Eventually it turned up and I put it on my back. **** it was heavy and big. We went for a coke and people watched. We got offered 4 taxis, starting off at 700 inrs and going down to 400. It doesn't matter though because we got the bus and saved …

On our last day of teaching, on New years day, we got to visit the world famous Lalbagh park, known for its landscape. I had no idea what to expect, and this place was enormous. Apparently it's known to be one of the top sites for horticultural studies, and after visiting there I saw why. Even with the massive crowds, it was such an expected site …

We went an all day city tour of Bangalore. The guide was particularly good. We took his photo to send to him after our return to Australia. The gardens were probably the best part of the tour. Bangalore is known as the garden city.






















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... mornings). Well, as usual there was flower show arranged for  Independence day. And this time, i insisted that we go... To read more, click on below link.. http://relivingmyfavouritemoments.blogspot.in/2011/12/walk-in-lalbagh-botanical-garden.html ...

... buildings, which, albeit pretty, were not exactly tourist attractions. Finally, we stopped for 30 minutes at the Lalbagh Botanical Garden, where we learned that Bangalore and its home state of Karnataka are the source of much of the granite that ends up ...

... it s a wonderful thing to have gardening a a culture in a huge and busy city like Bangalore.     Besides this exhibition, the Lalbagh Botanical garden covers a massive area with different sections. One part has a collection of bonsai plants, ...

... BANGALORE: 1.  LALBAGH FLOWER SHOW http://relivingmyfavouritemoments.blogspot.com/2011/12/walk-in-lalbagh-botanical-garden.html 2.  TEMPLES IN BANGALORE ...

... us off we paid 200 inr headed for Lal Bagh gardens (http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g297628-d631367-Reviews-Lalbagh_Botanical_Garden-Bangalore_Karnataka.html) which was basically a big garden in the middle of Bangalore. We walked up to a ...