MG Road @ Bangalore, India - Shop, Eat and Dust!

Mahatma Gandhi (MG) Road, Bangalore , India@ November 2005
Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India. If you ask me what is famous in Bangalore, my answer is ROAD TRAFFIC! Everytime when I visit Bangalore, I like to wander around MG road, where you can find food, shops and cinemas. MG road is really one of the main street with 3 lanes each side. Other areas, are smaller and traffic can be very bad during peak hours. Also, on the road sides there are a lot of child beggars, a very sorry sight. However, local colleagues told us to avoid giving money to them because there were most probably hired by the beggar master.

Anyway, if you every in Bangalore, do try the Auto Rickshaw. A black rickshaw with a bright yellow top. It was fun and to beat the traffic, this is the best transport to take. The driver can zig zag through all the busy crowds without any hassle.

Pad Thai 'Goong' or 'Gai' for you?

Somewhere in Bangkok@ March 2006

Pad Thai has been my favorite since I discovered Thai's culinaries. This light 'koay teow' (rice noodle) stir fried with light soy sauce, usually garnish with spring onions, bean sprouts and grounded peanuts make a perfect dish for the 'diet watcher'!



I always ordered mine with less 'sugar', as the Thai cook is known with their genorousity with sugar, however, spare me from that :) With a coconut to go along with your Pad Thai "goong" (prawn) or 'gai' (chicken), it makes a complete happy meal for me. You can find Pad Thai anywhere in Bangkok.

Amazing India - God Shiva's Birthday @ New Delhi, India

On the way to Gurgaon @ New Delhi, India.

This is an amazing sight! I am on my way to office in Gurgaon, and I saw a bunch of people dressed in bright orange carrying a "kavadi" like on their shoulders. They are young, old, men, women and even children. The kavadis were not allowed to touch the ground. The are 2 bottles of holy water from Ganges river. Later I learnt it God Shiva's birthday on 23rd July.

The amazing part of this event was, people walked with their slippers for 300 km!!! That's 6 days for normal human being to do the walk. Their destinations mostly from river Ganges or Himalayas, and their destination is Hariduar. I was told some roll on the road!!

Along the way, they stopped by some tent provided to them for rest and food, and even shower at the road side. The government even block part of the roadside for these pilgrims to walk due to safety reasons.

Well this is really a test of their faith for a beter Nirvana! Just unbelievable how faithful these people can be.