Bengaluru

With jet lag working in our favor, we decided to explore a bit of Bangalore on our first Sunday. One of the guys actually did this orientation last year, so he had some familiarity with the city and places to go. We decided to hit up one of the many fancy buffets in town that does all you can eat and drink (alcohol included) for a fixed price.

We negotiated a price for two taxis and we set off for downtown Bangalore. Here are some random snaps along the way:

There seems to be construction and rubble everywhere. They also seem to have something for digging ditches. Most of it is still done with manual labor. It's like watching kids in a sand box with pails only they are doing it on a much larger scale.


This is the entrance to Ginseng, the restaurant we went to for brunch. Chinese food and Tiger beer. Yum.


After brunch we decided to do a little shopping. The main shopping area in Bangalore is around MG Road (Mahatma Ghandi Road), so we walked around Brigade and MG for the rest of the day. There is some very delicious looking fruit here in India but given the tummy risks, none of us were willing to try it.
Bangalore cops -- kinda looked like cowboys in their uniforms:

The guy here was trying to tell us we could buy that dried up crap to the right, add some water and it would turn into the lush greenery on the left. Yeah right.
The balloon guy. I have no idea what this material is, but it looks gummy, you put a straw in the middle and blow. Voila, rubber balloons!
A line of auto-rickshaws waiting to transport people around town...and of course take advantage of foreigners!