Bangalore(India)

So..goodbye Goa..ferry again to Marmagao..
train from Vasco da Gama..not soo crowded really..
don't remember much of this trip...anyway..
reached Bangalore town=capital of Karnataka state..
very funny language=Kannada..weird sounds..
Bangalore in the 70's was not what it is today..
Bangalore is now the IT place to be in India..computers..
but that said..it was a nice town when I passed there..
I could get a room into the railway retiring room for 1 night..
i decide to take a city sightseeing tour by bus..
I did this because the attractions were very wide apart..
spread throughout the city..a conducted sightseeing tour..
was cheap...I recall clearly the visit to the botanical gardens..
it was called *lalbagh*loveley flowers in that garden..
also the *nandi temple*or bull temple..was worthwhile..
nandi is the bull on which Shiva rides(Indian mythology)
it's a typical South Indian *mandir*I witnessed a *puja*
there..means..lots of flowers,coconuts,milk,incense..
chanting and praying..well...typical Indian of course..
Bangalore was a very green town..lots of parks and gardens..
a good climate as well...I really enjoyed that conducted tour..
one meets Indian tourists..couples on honeymoon etc..
I also must mention here that Bangalore is good in *agarbatti*
that's the incense you may find all over the world nowadays..
could be that the packet says..made in Bangalore or Mysore..
Indians use lots of incense in their *puja* ceremonies..
shopkeepers burn it in their shop...oh..I did not tell you peeps..
about *paan*which I took almost daily while in India..
paan is a betelnut..cut into fine pieces..wrapped into some green
leaf..and mixted with all kind of stuff..like lime..tobacco..
spices etc..it's a mild narcotic substance..and if you use it too much..
it's gonna be very bad for your teeth..lots of Indians are addicted
to this stuff..it's regarded as a digestive after a meal..
I usually took mithaa paan which is the sweet version of paan..
in Northeast India later on..I took *tamul paan*once..
that's another story..I'll tell you all when we get there..
a paan wallah is a sight of everyday streetlife in India..
in these days..I was still smoking cigarettes aw well..
in india it was possible in these days..to buy 1 cigarette only..
I took the national cigarette of India..called Charminar..
they used to say..while in India..enjoy a Charminar..
also beedies..I smoked a lot..it was damn cheap..
the poor people's cigarette really..funny smell..
so..Bangalore..I took a south Indian thali in the railway station..
included a *masala dosa*it looked like a pancake...ahah..
so..I went to the retiring room..took a shower..
and was gonna take a train to Mysore the next day..
only bit over 140kms away..maybe 3 hours trainride??
I'll try to find you peeps a llink for Bangalore town..
http://www.karnataka.com/tourism/bangalore/
Tiger