Bangalore

Bangalore – If you want to know Bangalore or about Bangalore here goes the Pandora’s box.

Some basic info

New Name to be  : Bengaluru

Languages Spoken: Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, English and Malayalam are predominant.

Weather: The most pleasant all through but right now it is: "click here (external link)"

What to see in Bangalore

• Historical places
  • Tipu's palace
  • Tipu's summer palace
  • Bangalore Palace (Historical)

• Museums
  • Government Museum
  • Visveswarayya Industrial and Technological Museum

• Parks, Gardens and Horticulture
  • Lalbagh
  • Cubbon Park

• Theater and plays
  • Ranga Shankara
  • Chowdaiah Memorial Hall
  • Ravindra Kalakshetra
  • Town Hall

• Hill Stations
  • Nandi Hills

• Architecture
  • Vidhana Soudha
  • High Court
  • Central Library

• Markets
  • City Market aka "K R Market"
  • Russell Market

• Touristy hangout spots
  • Brigade Road
  • MG Road
  • Shopping Malls (Dozens of them)
  • Majestic

What to see in one day around Bangalore

• Belur, Halebid, Shravanabelagola (Historical, Architecture and Temples)
• Mysore (Historical), Chamundi Hills (Temple)
• Ranganathittu (Bird Sanctuary), Shivasamudram(River), Somanathapur(Temple)
• Hogenikal or Hogenakal Falls (River), Krishnagiri Dam
• Lepakshi (Historical, Temple)
• Minchidakatte (Reservoir), Big Banyan tree
• Bannerughatta (Wildlife Park), Muthyala mudugu aka Pearl Valley

Geography & Environment

• Surviving Lakes
  • BTM-Madivala Lake
  • Lalbagh Lake
  • Hebbal Lake
  • Sankey Tank
  • Ulsoor Lake
  • Yediur Lake

• Dead Lakes
  • Dharmabudhi
  • Kempambundi
  • Karnaja
  • Vrishabhavathi

• Extinction of Sparrows

Around 1980, Sparrows were in every home nesting in every nook and corner on buildings. Wonder where they are now.

• Trees

The pretty flowering ones are Jacaranda, Gulmohar or Mayflower, Parijatha, Moulmein Rosewood, Hibiscus, Tabebuia, Silk Cotton and Indian Coral.

Rain Trees are those large ones which are believed to pull the clouds down on them but are giving way to smaller ones.

People & Society

• Why people like Bangalore

It is amazing how a weary traveller tends to slow down, take a breath and whisper, "I want to settle down here".

• Hospitals

Some of the best ones are located here.

• Orphanages

About 40 orphanages with varying capacities exist here

Bangalore Groups on Couchsurfing

Bangalore for travellers

Bangalore for travellers is a group where you will get to know about the latest meet ups and parties in Bangalore .The best tips by locals and places off the beaten track .This is also where you can either give or ask for any guidance related to Bangalore and surrounding areas.

Bangalore Last Minute Couch Group

Bangalore Last Minute Couch This group is for last minute couch requests. Couchsurfers visiting Bangalore and need a couch at the last minute due to whatever reason can use this group and post their requests.

Education

• Schools
  • Anglo Indian Schools
  • CBSE Schools
  • ICSE Schools
  • Matriculation Schools
  • Playschools
  • State Board Schools

• Colleges
  • Arts & Science Colleges
  • Business Colleges
  • Hotel Management Colleges
  • Engineering Colleges
  • Law Colleges
  • Medical Colleges
  • Vocational Colleges

• The Bosses
  • Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board
  • Karnataka Board of the Pre-University Education
  • Directorate of Technical Education
  • Bangalore University

Industries

• Categories
  • Information Technology
  • Aviation (Civil, Defence & Entertainment)
  • Manufacturing (Small, Medium and Large)
  • Corporate houses of Small, Medium and Large Enterprises
  • Finance and Banking
  • Distribution
  • Cottage
  • Food processing

Transportation

Come in by Rail, Road or Air. You cannot Sail in as we are about a Kilometer above sea level. Perhaps you will, in about a 1000 years.

• Local Transport

Bus services by Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC)

Call/Radio taxis, Autorikshaws and Local bus. Metro Rail (over ground) is under construction, could be up and running in a couple of dozen years. Two Wheeler taxis and riding threesome on a two wheeler is illegal here and just thoughts at the moment.

Hitchhiking can be an option if you are brave enough.

• The Railway Stations
  • Bangalore City (Major)
  • Cantonment
  • Bangalore East
  • KR Puram
  • Banaswadi
  • Kengeri
  • Yeshwanthpur

• The Airport
• Bangalore International Airport Ltd. (BIAL), situated on NH7 near Devanahalli

For more details and to book airport transfers use the links below:

-> BIAL's official website

-> Via World, the official airport transfer via public transport reservation center. Call Centre BSNL:080-25329800, Airtel:080-41431000

-> BMTC, the official public transport provider

-> Book taxi online (a private agency). Call Centre +91-80-4052 8888

Please note that the details provided are as in the respective websites as on 4th June 2008. Do verify for exact details at the time of use.

• HAL Airport (old) is redundant since end of May 2008.

Food & Entertainment

Coffee shops

Prominent: Coffee Day, Barista,

• Barista Coffee

Brigade Road

Ph: 2558-0087 / 2532-3292

100ft Road, Indiranagar

Ph: 5115-3554

• Cafe Mozaic

Taj Residency, 41/3 MG Road

Ph: 5660-4444

• Monsoon

The Park

Ph: 2559-4666

• Mynt

Taj West End,

25 Race Course Road.

Ph :5660-5660

Pubs

• Pub list
  • Dublin
  • Enigma
  • Fabulous
  • Geoffrey's
  • Guzzlers Inn
  • Jcubez
  • Jockey Club
  • Legend of Rock
  • Maithri 'The Pub'
  • Nasa
  • Pecos
  • Purple Haze
  • Scottish Pub
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • South Point Pub
  • Styx
  • Taika
  • Tavern At The Inn
  • TGI Friday's
  • The 13th Floor
  • The Blue Bar
  • The Bunker
  • The Eleven
  • The New Nightwatchman
  • The Polo Club
  • The Pub World
  • Windsor Pub
  • Zero G

• Discotheques
  • Geoffrey's
  • Spinn Courtyard
  • Taika
  • The Blue Bar

• Eateries

• Movie theaters
  • Prominent:

• Malls
  • Prominent: Garuda, Forum, Eva, Central, Life Style, Shoppers Stop, Sigma,

Hotels & Accomodation

• 5 Star Hotels

• 3 Star Hotels

• Couch surfers of Bangalore

FEEDBACK

Appreciate any kind of feedback for betterment of this page. Please email to vijaymohank@gmail.com

External links

Bangalore Guide on VirtualTourist
Bangalore Nightlife and Events on Indivibe

Below here was someone else's epistle which I didnot wish to disturb

--Vijaymohan 06:40, 2 February 2007 (EST)

Guys, We have just returned from a 10 day New Year vacation -driving 1700 kms - Bangalore to Goa. We essentially covered entire coastal Karnataka. This is my first attempt to write a travel blog covering everything that you need to know to do a trip like ours. This trip was organized by me along with another friend of mine Sujesh.

Total Kms driven: 1700 kms

Totl number of "fun"atics= 4 - Ravi, Darshan, Sujesh, Vivek

Car Driven= Santro Xing-AC Car

Objective: Have fun without any elaborate planning

Focus of the trip:

We will not spend more than Rs.1000 per day inclusive of food, car fuel, accomodation. We want to be safe on the road so decided to drive only during day time. We will not compromise on comfortable bed and clean toilets We will not drive more than 3 hours on any day. We did some bookings in odd places wherein we knew we would end up in night. Travel Light

We were four different indivuals with our own personality disorders and quirks and we had to survive 10 days together without missing any fun.

We knew it was a beach holiday and I along with Darshan left no stone unturned to do our "beach" shopping. In fact, since I knew I will be in speedos, I did a serious work-out before the skin exposure.

The trip started on Dec 24 early morning which was a morning after a late night Friday night- Yawn! But who cares, we were ecstatic about the whole adventure. Like every Indian, we stopped at a nearby temple to do our puja and blessed ourselves for a safe trip. Famished that we were, we stopped at....for breakfast. Since it was a Jain pilgrimage, food as almost free- we had tea, meetha boondiya, bhujiya and poha( Rs.40 for all of us !!).

Then the journey began for all of us- time to drive and reach our first destination Kundapore via Sakleshpur. We decided to take that route since we wanted to be cover entire coastal Karnataka except Mangalore which is a big city. We could drive at a speed of 120 kms, however considering Indian adventure, cows, dogs, old man crossing highways are normal on India roads. We were happy if we could keep at 80-100 kms. Though I had a tendency to touch 140 kms which was tough considering I was driving Santro.

Destination One :

Amgol Resort-