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Asia » India » Punjab » Chandigarh By adrianlimMarch 26th 2007Punjab hospitality is awesome! I'll cut the words short and just let the pictures tell the stories:
New Delhi Railway Station
Disappointed - I thought Indian trains would be steam powered and be full of Indians clinging on to them. Turns out they were all modern and run on electricity. Sigh, and I really wanted to cling on t... [more]
Haryana Plains
The land between Delhi and Chandigarh is completely flat - plains used for wheat-planting. This photo was captured in the early morning.
The City Beautiful!
Chandigarh is widely known as the most beautiful Indian city - and it's nickname is hence The City Beautiful!
Vegetarian Burgers?!
India's KFC's actually have vegetarian burgers! Here's one made of chickpeas... Chicken burgers are not commonlr ordered here by the way... And there's no mashed potato!
Arranged Marriages
My goodness - they actually have classifieds for that!!! I won't mind having them back home, helps a lot! =)
Chandigarh Tours
Japees and Hitesh were my tour guides around Chandigarh - this one was taken at the Chandigarh Museum, with an Ashokan Lion, circa 2nd century AD
Greco Roman Buddha
This is definitely not the style of buddha statues we are used to. Circa 4th century AD, Hellenistic influence.
Boom
The three of us posing with a cannon stolen from the Muslim invaders as they were attacking the Sikh Army, circa 17th century AD.
Chandigarh
Chandigarh is one of the newer cities in India, construction on it started in the 1950's and its buildings were designed by a French architect. It is also the most organised city around, being divided... [more]
Rock Gardens
One man single-handed initiated the Rock Garden project by collecting waste such as bottle caps and guni sacks, and using clay to glue the waste together. Truly, one man's poison is another man's gold... [more]
Rock Gardens
The swing archs are made of guni sacks plastered together! Swinging is a favourite past time of Indian kids.
Rock Gardens
Men made from broken tiles - there are hundreds of different types of statues arranged in rows in the Rock Gardens
Even more statues
Yeah, just to mention it again, there are hundreds of such statues in the rock gardens
Japees' Mum
This is a picture of her in her younger days. She is the first girl in North India to become a paratrooper (note the badge on her right). She was also the top shooter in the country. She's a great coo... [more]
Artwork
One of the many artwork pieces in Japees' home done by his mom. This one requires clay moulded onto a board, followed by painting the clay.
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March 28th 2007 - Adrian Ee: Hello
Hey lim..lol i actually found your blog! haha juz typed travel blog adrian lim n yrs was the first ting to come up..That popular eh!google pun acknowlege it;)
wow india looks so nice..where are all the children on the streets n overcrowdedness!..haha looks more like my pics from australia..so scenic!
ta food looks great too..okla now i can relax d..i tot afta u leave for india gona kena al sorts of diseases..probly come bak healthier den me oso..altho tats not tat hard to achieve la..lol
anywayz hope u have a great time remaining thr..scoop up some ganges water in a bottle n show us k..haha
Hi Ee!
That was Chandigarh, the cleanest and most organised city in India, so definitely no overcrowdedness and things like that. Wait till I show you pics of Delhi and Varanasi. Pollution to the max! Yeah, and I'll scoop some ganges water for you. It's delightfully septic!
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