Day three of Banglore trip

With "pranav off to his uncle's place" and "elda gone for choosing saree for his mother in law" we have our documentation duo not in a position to pen the day three events in Bangalore.
So I decided to get my bum to the chair and try to ink as much I remember.
Ok... now this is how it goes.....

Not many were happy with the idea of going for a guided tour across the city. Loads of suggestions kept flowing in as to how a properly managed tour can be put forward. Finally Mr. Right (Jobin) did a bit of canvassing to get a double digit entry. He also got in much with the same bus driver who was take us for the rest of our journey and booked him (and the bus) for next day. With 11 people already in the list we rounded off at Rs 300 per head.
Simba and Koki had their own outing plan, until the next day morning, when suddenly Koki went through the guide book planned a trip, and was keen on coming with us.

At around 9 in morning, after having a "sumptuous" breakfast we began the tour.

The ISCKON temple was our first destination. Unanimously we agreed not to go into the main temple, so we enjoyed the premises did a little of illicit photography with our mobile cams (cameras were not allowed) and headed back to the bus.

And now comes the most un-happening moment of the trip.... induction of the WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION. When about to leave the ISCKON suddenly and without any ones knowledge the catastrophic moment appeared before every one. No one said a word for a second except for the WoMD. all faces went white as if they had seen a ghost appearing out of thin air.... ok enough it was pushy ... with a 30 cm long chrome-yellow flute that was making an awesome deafening noise that all of us had to bear with for the rest of the day.

Soon we were at our next destination, the BANGALORE PALACE, barring its history let me tell you it was truly magnificent, majestic, with a hint of British architecture. We had a finely guided tour across the palace, which was off course complimentary with the 100 rupees entry fee and since we paid for only one camera so kutty's cam was employed to document the entire journey within the palace. Needless to mention our pushy baihshab took the charge of photography. One and a half hour great enjoyment, with over a 100 pics and viewing portraits of semi-dressed (a glass half full is obviously half EMPTY) queens we ended with our palace visit.

And yes how could I forget talking about Simba's greatest moment of the trip the mangal pandey spoof when he stood courageously with his head in front of a cannon barrel and without his knowledge chinmay gave a fantastic pose of firing it. And believe me as many as 9 cams captured that moment; dear Simba is going to cherish this for a life time.

Our next destination was VIDHAN SAUDHA ....... ohh my god its 1:00 pm and arkadeep's lunch alarm has just come to life.... And there after he chanted only one line "WHEN N WHERE ARE WE GOINING FOR LUNCH, WHEN N WHERE ARE WE GOINING FOR LUNCH, WHEN N WHERE ARE WE GOINING FOR LUNCH".

Poor arka had to wait until we were done with the Vidhan Saudha visit. Though we never entered the building, the architecture is worth praising. We managed to get a couple of good shots before finally having a lunch at some fine udupi restaurant.

Nothing more was left to do after the lunch. We all decided the go ahead for a reposeful visit to LAL baug. The place was loaded with scenic and beauty otherwise; however it seemed to
be an unending walk in there. We did realise that it was already 4 in the evening and so we won’t make it to any other destination before 6, normally the closing time. This thought made us even lousier while strolling around the place.

Now here was one of OTO's finest ever prank he played on all 12 of us at a time. Some of us challenged him to befriend with a group of Assamese Girls. Soon every one of us backed the idea to persuade him. This guy out smarted all of us.
He kept a condition to go ahead and take up the challenge only if we sit down quietly on the stairs nearby and make no foul play. Not completely realising his idea, we all agreed to his condition. The moment we all were seated, Otto coolly climbs down a few steps, pulls out his Camera and says 'CHEESE'...that is when all 12 of us realised that
Otto was smart enough to fool 12 of us at a time.... Long live Otto Regon!

At around 7 we were back at hotel. Pranav had not returned, neither did Archana and Eldrich (Only God knows where they had been to!!). Finally the long awaited plan of going to a club pulled in. Some of us went off to a Lounge Bar named HINT while the rest stayed back at hotel.