Bangalore 12_12: Worked 10.5 hours a day so not much time to see anything. Also got a cold with sinus headache and tired so I stayed home from work Friday. Today is Saturday and I may venture into work for a few hours to catch up.
The movies only cover one of the restaurants here (the other is Chinese) and my Disneyland taxi ride home from Goodrich Thursday night. Getting home has been an adventure because I don’t know where to meet the driver or if the company or hotel has set up the ride. One night I was waiting in the wrong place but he found me. Thursday night I waited in both spots and after a bit I was feeling way to tired to wait any longer. I could not get the right dialing prefix on the cell to get the hotel to make sure a taxi was sent. Then a 3 wheel taxi came by, slowed down looking at me (I kind of stand out here for some reason). So I waved him down and asked if was going my way. The drivers, from what I hear, have to be in the mood to go where you want to. So he said sure, even though it is only about a 5-10 minute drive.
I started taking pictures after the stop and go traffic let up near the corner. Notice when we turn the corner the car goes past us then there is a cement small “barrier” in the road separating the two directions of traffic. This is of course only a suggestion it appears like so many of the traffic signs. Because as soon as the car goes by us a motorcycle proceeds down “our” side. There doesn’t seem to be many lane marks either so if the road is wide traffic pulses like waves with one direction of traffic expanding to the other side until there is no place for the other direction to go and then it shrinks back. Sort of keeps the whole road filled, and stop signs? Well they do stop for cows and stop lights. Oh yes, throw people crossing the road into all this at a “Y” intersection……….better than an E ticket ride at Disneyland like I said.
Bangalore December 13: Do I have a sign on my back that says “Free Money? The hustle is always on here, even though I try to blend in. It is difficult to separate my perception that I am in Mexico somewhere since I associate the looks of the city with how Mexico is. If not for the women draped in the traditional dress and the occasional India look of architecture I would be speaking Spanish……or at least they would. Guys dress the same in both countries, dogs and cows look the same too.
Botanical Garden is nice and very spacious. I went there for my first walk in two days so that was my objective. The guide said this granite mound I was standing on was the highest point in Bangalore, good city view. Seems like the driver and guide were working a tag team, only a bit thru the thing did I realize I didn’t have to have a guide!! What the heck, $20 here $60 there…….tis the season.
Many more cows in the road but like UFO’s difficult to photograph due to the pace of traffic. Some were sleeping in the medium others grazing on the side.
Went out to TGI Fridays this evening with Dave who is retired from Delta and working at another company. Got a 6 pack of batteries for the camera for $2.50 (100 Rupees). Driving is hard to describe when you head into traffic the wrong way….and everyone seems to expect it. The only rule is to not hit each other I guess.
3 working days left here and I will probably not get out much more……we’ll see.
Feeling better though for having rested the past two days.
Hotel In Bozeman
Pub In Bozeman
On the way to Yellowstone
Moose
Hot Springs
I guess these are all self explanatory
