Saving the earth

Compared to most other cities in India, Mumbai is one city where it is easiest to resort to public transport. BEST bus system, which plies all around the city is extremely reliable and safe, and one such bus goes from inside our colony to the station, making life so much easier and preventing all the cars from jamming up the busy area near the train station. It's almost like a personal bus service here. BEST is simply the best.

More about BEST here.

Autorickshaws...

...are an inseparable part of Mumbai suburbs. What separates them from those that ply in other parts of the country (Bglr, Hyd and Chennai) is that they rarely refuse customers and they ALWAYS go by the meter - it is extremely difficult to find such autos in places mentioned above!
Autos in Mumbai make travel extremely easy and I'm actually enjoying the rides taken in and around where I live!

Kerala Day 3 - Driving around Munnar

Whenever I hear the word Munnar - it will always bring back memories of crisp cool mountain air, miles and miles of tea plantations, shiny silver oaks, tall eucalyptus trees and winding roads.

The tea lover in me was at peace here - three days of bliss - driving around to the various points, tea stores, tea museums, spice plantations - life seemed just perfect. The light showers that came down each afternoon was the ultimate gift of nature - cooling the air and releasing the fragrance from the fertile soil.

The 20 km drive from the resort to the town was hardly anything to complain about, when we could enjoy scenes like this on the way!

Basant rani

Tabebuia rosea in full bloom on the sidewalks of Bangalore
Highlight of my visit this time
Saw these trees almost everywhere
Also called the Pink trumpet tree
Same featured in another post - Flower Shower

The tree upon the roof

The view from the window of my friend's house on Osborne Road - old time Bangalore homes on canopy covered lanes
Loved this huge tree covering the tiled roof

Anything goes

I remember that a few years ago, a law was passed in Mumbai that all license plates should have uniform fonts and they be in English, not that too many followed the rule. But here in Hyd, everyday I am amazed by the funny (illegal) license plates I spot in front of our car. The commonest rule breaker being - replacing the AP with TG - initially I even tried to figure if that was an abbreviation for any other Indian state I couldn't remember - after a while realised it was the yet-to-be-formed state Telangana and no traffic cop dare stop such a car with illegal license plates!

Yesterday was another crazy license plate spotting - writing 8055 as BOSS, while it is creative, i'd rather people left their creativity to do better jobs that trying stunts with official stuff like car license plates!