Saturday, May 10, 2008

Return to Lalbagh

I eventually got myself back to Lalbagh Gardens to see the half that I never saw. The entrance fee is 10 rupees and I only had a 500 rupee note, so when I paid for my ticket, I checked my change and I was short changed by 100 rupees. When I went back to the ticket counter, I told the guy behind the counter that he hadn’t given me enough change and without even asking how much I was short by he gave me 100 rupees!

This is a map of the park. The first time I went, I stayed around the lake area, this time I covered the other side.

The birds were working their way through any food thrown into the bin.

This tree fossil is estimated to be approximately twenty million years old.

The roots on this tree were quite impressive.

I stumbled across the topiary garden. You can’t really see it in the photo’s but there were loads of different types of animals in there. The snake was quite good, but it never came out very well in the photos!
This water feature is pretty cool - it often appears on any advertisements for Lalbagh.

I’m still a fan of the glass house!
The last time I came here, I saw the lily pond from higher up and I decided to get a bit closer this time. I think this was supposed to be a rose garden, but perhaps it's a bit too early for the roses to bloom.
The floral clock was quite nice. The seven dwarfs were also in the gardens (the last one is out of shot on the left hand side).

There is another park in Bangalore called Cubbon Park, so the next time I have nothing to do, I'll take a look over there.