After a home cooked Indian breakfast, we got our first Uber across the city (everywhere is a lot further away than it looks on the map - the city is quite big).
We arrived at the Capital Complex, the HQ of the combined states of Punjab and Haryana. There was a free tour of the High Court and Assembly buildings of this UNESCO site.
We saw some interesting buildings, sculptures and tapestries plus the views from the highest building in the city. The tour was heavily guarded with 2 police to the 4 of us on the tour. Our passports were also copied. The highlight, of course, was the delicious rice pudding and ice cold mango lassie we devoured as we completed the tour.
Next off to the Rock Garden, the 2nd most visited attraction after the Taj Mahal ... apparently! The Rock Garden was an illegal structure built by a simple man from rocks and bits of reclaimed rubbish on the edge of a forest. When the government discovered it, they liked it, so it was allowed to stay. In fact they enabled the hobby to continue and employed additional labour to continue the work. By the end of our visit we had become rather fond of the attraction, especially as we learnt more about it.
Dinner was served up at a Chinese market. We visited a fancy hotel and went on to get a delicious ice cream.
We got everywhere in Uber taxis and the drivers were all excellent. When we returned to where we are staying, we spent time on the roof admiring the view of the city from 10 storeys up!
We arrived at the Capital Complex, the HQ of the combined states of Punjab and Haryana. There was a free tour of the High Court and Assembly buildings of this UNESCO site.
We saw some interesting buildings, sculptures and tapestries plus the views from the highest building in the city. The tour was heavily guarded with 2 police to the 4 of us on the tour. Our passports were also copied. The highlight, of course, was the delicious rice pudding and ice cold mango lassie we devoured as we completed the tour.
Next off to the Rock Garden, the 2nd most visited attraction after the Taj Mahal ... apparently! The Rock Garden was an illegal structure built by a simple man from rocks and bits of reclaimed rubbish on the edge of a forest. When the government discovered it, they liked it, so it was allowed to stay. In fact they enabled the hobby to continue and employed additional labour to continue the work. By the end of our visit we had become rather fond of the attraction, especially as we learnt more about it.
Dinner was served up at a Chinese market. We visited a fancy hotel and went on to get a delicious ice cream.
We got everywhere in Uber taxis and the drivers were all excellent. When we returned to where we are staying, we spent time on the roof admiring the view of the city from 10 storeys up!