Stay Duration: July 13th - July 17th @ hotel Suraj Classic
Goa to Pune - We took a 500 rupee overnight bus ride to to Pune... the sun comes up and we pass by some murals that say - welcome to Pune! The bus pulls over... we are almost an hour early!.. in an odd location... is this a bus stop? Weird, why are those two guys having a fist fight? nice right hook! Yawn... OK, well lets get a rickshaw, find a hotel at city center and get this day started!.... Long story short... we hopped in a rickshaw and half an hour later we end up on the outskirts of Pune city (not city center) and the rickshaw drivers want 4800 rupees ($100 American) -- They back there case with a phony meter and meter card and even though we got them down to 4000 rupees... We got ripped off. But, i suppose that's all part of the experience..........
To fill in the rest of the story, the Bus driver was obviously in on it... he was the guy getting punched out upon arrival. Funny story at our expense - we got served!
Happenings of Pune City ---------------------------------------------
Happenings of Pune City ---------------------------------------------
I saw Gandhi! well, a statue of him, his ashes contained in modest urn, and the palace (now museum) where he was kept captive - not too shabby for a prison. The most interesting sight her was the preserved earthly possessions of Gandhi - which all fit in a tiny glass cage = small museum.
We got wet, again. One umbrella for four people is not enough and a raincoat that is not waterproof is not really a raincoat. I got fully soaked while visiting temples, Gandhi, and the snake gardens - worth it.
Osho Ashram/resort - pray, dance, sleep, think, meditate, organic buffet... took a tour. gotta go here someday. http://www.osho.com/
Palak Paneer = 1 days vacation from vacation. Spinach and India cheese was delicious at a very popular Pune restaurant called Rama Krishna. my favorite meal so far!... until I got sick and stayed in bed for and entire day after hovering the toilet all night! Much better now and at least i got to watch my favorite movies like Sweet Home Alabama, She's All That, and of course Cool Runnings.
Very friendly hotel owner - he offered to massage my stomach when i was sick, drank tea with me, and would always be ready to have a conversation - for as long as you would like, or maybe longer!
New Mango - Mangoes are my favorite and I found a new variety! Nice and lemony... I love mangoes, read more @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mango and http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/mango.html
SGS mall - impressive clean cool comfortable malls surrounded by the dusty hot busy streets provide a true escape for one night. Saw the Hindi movie - New York - Sooo goood!!! (subtitles would have cleared up the storyline a little bit)
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