Drive to Bangalore.....

Firstly, Wishing everyone a Belated Happy Friendships Day, since I could not come online yesterday to leave across a message.

Well am back from Bangalore. It was a official tour but then a good change. The weather there was amazing. In my past two visits to that city - I have had a chance to get drenched. But this time around the weather remained on the cooler side without any rains only occasional drizzle (u cannot call them a drizzle also).

Spent four days there - from Thursday to Sunday. We started straight from office after lunch in car around 1 pm on Wednesday. The distance is around 341 Kms if Old Madras Road is taken which goes via Chittoor. We had taken this road and covered the distance in around 6 hours and 30 minutes with one break in between - for snacks. We entered Bangalore at 7:20 PM. This I think is a good enough time to cover this much of distance. The road for first 50 Kms or so is still under construction, so initially we were pretty slow, but after that the road becomes much better and its a very comfortable ride to Bangalore. Actually faster than train. After having snacks I drove the car upto the outskirts of Bangalore. After such a long time - after 2 and a half months I was driving a car.....WOW.....

The road passes through three states - Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. It also passes through an Elephant Reserve, where we did not see any Elephants but saw loads of monkeys. The scenery at some points was absolutely amazing, especially during sunset and when some light drizzle had happened. Will be putting a couple of pics after transferring from my mobile.

In Bangalore I stayed with my cousin bhaiyya and bhabhi. You can imagine the climate of the city from the fact that we did not need to switch on fans the whole day. On Thursday and Friday we did our work. After that we got the weekend free.

When out on the road and roaming in and around the city, the cool breeze is the best thing to feel - and that is what Banaglore gives you almost whole day!!!!!!!! How can people living in Bangalore adjust to any other city where they cannot get a similar climate.

During the stay we ate at a place called "Little Italy". Its an Italian joint there and the food there is good, the pizza crust was refreshingly different from the Pizza Hut's - fresh or stale crust whatever. As a matter of fact I was initially thinking that this place is called "Little Idli" - whats happening to me!!!!!!

Also after such a long time I had good Chhole Bhatoore at Bombay House.

Another mission for which I went to Bangalore was to get a Digitial SLR camera - Canon EOS350D. Found a great shop - Camera Citi, but the camera was out of stock at this shop. Still no problem - its main office is luckily in Chennai, and is supposed to be one of the biggest Indian camera dealers. Will be going there today to see whether I can get the camera now or not.

Well, another beautiful place to visit in Bangalore is the Leela Palace on Airport road. Its really beautiful. The garden was amazingly well landscaped - with waterfall and a small cave. DEFINITELY LEELA!!!

We also saw a movie at Innovative Multiplex. The movie was The Island. Its a movie which is basically trying to be futuristic and tell viewers what might happen if human cloning starts and becomes commercialized. The topic is good, but depiction definitely not. Well its a movie you may watch when ur totally vella but not when you have other options of movies.

We left Bangalore at around 5:50PM and it was supposed to be a night drive. I was home at 12:30 am or so which again means we covered the distance at a good speed with one break.

After long time I went on highway drive (actually after first week of March when I had gone on Gangtok Trip with XIMB friends).

Now I might again be going to Bangalore or some place near to it on the next weekend which is going to be an extended holiday with 15th August - India's Independence Day coming on Monday giving us Saturday, Sunday and Monday as holiday....WOW....Yipppeeee!!!!!

Hoping to go on that trip with the new camera - if I am able to get it today.....

Bangalore is becoming like a second home for me!!!!!