This is the parade ground. (I am not srue who this guy is that seems to be parading!) The maharajah would sit under the main arch, aboutthree storeys up and survey all that he owned. The grounds were huge and held this area and also two hindu temples. At the entrances to this area were large bronze tiger/leopard/big cat things. They were very impressive. Two similar ones to these were in the courtyard inside the palace. Daisy liked them especially.
She drew quite a crowd who all wanted to photograph her. You would be watching her and then from behind here the sounds of shutteres going off. We coudlnt' get her down as she just wanted to pat and hug the big pussy cat. We headed off back out into the streets in search of Raj our driver. At the entrance were sellars and beggars. It was our first sight of the snake charmers and their dancing cobras. In the service station the other day we were waiting and an old woman came up with her hand out. Christopher thought she was asking for money and it took a little while to realise that she had a snake in a basket and was saying...'here look at my snake and now give me money'. Christopher let her kow that he wasn't too impressed with ehr snake and soon caught up to Daisy and I who at run off at the sight of the snake. I am not sure if Daisy wanted to watch but as I was carrying her, her only option was with me! We were accosted by sellers of braclets and jewellery and noise makers and wooden boxes. one seller nearly had his arm taken off as I was closing the car door and he insisted on thrusting his carved box into the car and saying, 'bargain only 500 rupees, bargain, you buy?? Okay okay, only 400 for you!' he kept saying this as I closed the door much to everyone elses amusement. Next stop was to some famous 'musical' gardens. We weren't sure what they entailed but they were certianly popular! Once again we threw ourselves into the throng. Someone always walks to the back of Daisy and fends off people trying to touch her. Even up high on Christophers back they can suddenly reach in and pinch her cheeks or touch her and then kiss their fingers. We wanered around and found a place free of dog poo and ants nests to feed Daisy. She had the last of her jars of baby food. It will come a time soon that I will have to buy her food when we are out. I have nothing to store home cooked meals in for a days travel. Our meals wasn't very peaceful as I shall write later. It soon became dark and the fountains where lit up with different coloured lights. At the top of the terrace was a big fountian that sprayed water to the sound of rock music. Everyone, and I mean close to 2000 people all stood around and cheered. It was nice but we couldn't really see the attraction. By 7.30 we headed back over a walkway on the water and to the car. It was a huge commerical place adn there were sellers and littel carts selling all types of food from deep fried things to cobs of corn to heavily spice whole fish!
We all climbed back into our car and headed for Bangalore. Raj our driver was excellent and managed to dodge the traffic that came in our direction and at night!! We felt very safe and Daisy slept the whole way home. We got home about midnight and all round we felt that we had had a lovely lovely day.
This is the parade ground. (I am not srue who this guy is that seems to be parading!) The maharajah would sit under the main arch, aboutthree storeys up and survey all that he owned. The grounds were huge and held this area and also two hindu temples. At the entrances to this area were large bronze tiger/leopard/big cat things. They were very impressive. Two similar ones to these were in the courtyard inside the palace. Daisy liked them especially.
She drew quite a crowd who all wanted to photograph her. You would be watching her and then from behind here the sounds of shutteres going off. We coudlnt' get her down as she just wanted to pat and hug the big pussy cat. We headed off back out into the streets in search of Raj our driver. At the entrance were sellars and beggars. It was our first sight of the snake charmers and their dancing cobras. In the service station the other day we were waiting and an old woman came up with her hand out. Christopher thought she was asking for money and it took a little while to realise that she had a snake in a basket and was saying...'here look at my snake and now give me money'. Christopher let her kow that he wasn't too impressed with ehr snake and soon caught up to Daisy and I who at run off at the sight of the snake. I am not sure if Daisy wanted to watch but as I was carrying her, her only option was with me! We were accosted by sellers of braclets and jewellery and noise makers and wooden boxes. one seller nearly had his arm taken off as I was closing the car door and he insisted on thrusting his carved box into the car and saying, 'bargain only 500 rupees, bargain, you buy?? Okay okay, only 400 for you!' he kept saying this as I closed the door much to everyone elses amusement. Next stop was to some famous 'musical' gardens. We weren't sure what they entailed but they were certianly popular! Once again we threw ourselves into the throng. Someone always walks to the back of Daisy and fends off people trying to touch her. Even up high on Christophers back they can suddenly reach in and pinch her cheeks or touch her and then kiss their fingers. We wanered around and found a place free of dog poo and ants nests to feed Daisy. She had the last of her jars of baby food. It will come a time soon that I will have to buy her food when we are out. I have nothing to store home cooked meals in for a days travel. Our meals wasn't very peaceful as I shall write later. It soon became dark and the fountains where lit up with different coloured lights. At the top of the terrace was a big fountian that sprayed water to the sound of rock music. Everyone, and I mean close to 2000 people all stood around and cheered. It was nice but we couldn't really see the attraction. By 7.30 we headed back over a walkway on the water and to the car. It was a huge commerical place adn there were sellers and littel carts selling all types of food from deep fried things to cobs of corn to heavily spice whole fish! 
We all climbed back into our car and headed for Bangalore. Raj our driver was excellent and managed to dodge the traffic that came in our direction and at night!! We felt very safe and Daisy slept the whole way home. We got home about midnight and all round we felt that we had had a lovely lovely day. 
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