bHoPaL !!!

so finally after thee days i get a chance to do some local sightseeing...

being a sunday most of the ppl who attended the training were not really keen on staying for the whole 8 hours... so we did some good case studies and were free by 1500 hrs... i was tired after 3 days of hectic schedule.. and just wanted to sleep.. but then i have to go to Indore tonight for implementation and then go ujjain and then come back to Bhopal and then take a flight to Mumbai.. hectic eh !!!

anyway... autos in Bhopal are awefully expensive... almost 8 bucks per km.. and trust me bargaining does not help.. they probably run at this rate only... delhi suddenly looked better in terms of autos.. but then there is one thing which i really liked... the autos have been kept very well... nicely painted... with plush seats.. a lot of them have decorated them very beautifully... i like it...

did not see a lot of clinics around.. but saw a lot of ayurvedic centres.. looks like this city is more about the age old genuine therapies... good again !!! so back to the hotel around 1530 and very tired... just packed my stuff for indore and then moved out with my cam...

wanted to go to the bus stand to find out about the bus to indore... and managed to get all the information from an auto-walah itself... went to the bank and then to the Bhopal Jheel... or the Bhopal Lake or the Upper Lake also called the Bada Talaab !!! very nice place.. and huge.. HUGE... really... could see the other side of it from one angle.. wow !!!

and lotsa boats in in... paddle boats... rowing boats... speed boats... kayaks... very nice.. and the membership to the water sports club is very economical too... was just wondering how would it feel to actually stay back for a few months here.. and just spend time there... either learning how to row.. or doing something or the other.. there were so many soo many ducks are there too...

Just near the lake are two more places which were of interest to me but i did not have time to visit them.. one is the Van Vihar ( the Zoo) which is spread over 445 hectares of land near the upper lake and Bharat Bhawan which is supposed to be a centre of Performing and Visual Arts... has a museum as well.. the place looked nice.. but i had to rush to the Airport to meet boss... so i left in a hurry after spending about and hour and a half at the lake..

sunset at the upper lake

the evening spent with boss... walked around a place called Bhopal Haat where the Saras Mela was there.. nice place.. and then came to new market.. just roamed around for a while.. and then back to the hotel after dinner !!! so all in all a nice evening...

Bhopal looks like a nice city to me.. very calm.. green... and with goood roads...

am in the office now... will work till around 1700 hrs and then rush for indore... from there to ujjain tomorrow night.. and then come back to bhopal by wednesday night.. and catch a flight to mumbai....

its been nice so far... hoping for the best ahead....