This is a pretty area in the city center not too far from the Sheraton
Windsor Towers. It was common to see cows on the sidewalks and even in the
middle of the road, everywhere we went. I found it pretty stunning the first time
we drove around a cow in the middle of the road, but after a while it becomes
normal. There are still many beautiful trees in Bangalore, a famous garden city
long before its recent fame as the silicon valley of India.
Here is another cow next to the road, and a bicycle really loaded with fruit - I
saw amazingly heavy and bulky loads carried on rickshaws, scooters, bicycles,
and women's heads.
Here we see more auto-rickshaws, a bit of a light blue bus, and a very colorful
truck in front of us. I loved the way they painted their trucks, and many
of the auto-rickshaws had great custom paint jobs as well.
There were signs and buildings for Texas Instruments, Intel, Compaq, Wipro, IBM,
and many other companies along the roads. I liked the concept of the "Zen
driving school" - people drove using no obvious rules, yet it all flowed
amazingly smoothly, so maybe they were all in the zen of it.
This was one of the very last pictures I took in Bangalore, on my way to the
airport. We are driving along a very pretty tree lined street, very clean
with nice sidewalks and grass on both sides of the road, and very little
traffic. As we drive along, we pass this mother with her two daughters
walking along, all in beautiful and colorful dresses. I feel this picture
captures some of the beauty that I saw in Bangalore and its people.