Walking in Bangalore - Victoria Park

We decided to get out from the hotel, although the staff were not very keen on it, asking us if we wanted a Hotel Car! Looking at the map we were walking distance to the Victoria Park, although estimates about how long it would take seemed to vary quite a lot from 10 minutes to 30 minutes.

The first thing we get when we leave the hotel 'is a very good price' from everyone that owned a Tut Tut or Taxi.

The Park is huge, guarded by a statue of Queen Victoria, and like everything around here, was probably a great place to visit 40 years ago, now it is a pleasant walk but there is a lot of rubbish laying around and a little untidy for a major city park.

Within 5 minutes someone was walking just behind us, and eventually caught up asking where we are from, to which I replied, he then chatted a few more minutes before asking where we are going. I said Victoria Park (subsequently I was told never say exactly where you are going, always lie a bit).  He mentioned there was a demonstration on this morning and I should 'go right' and then use a parallel road to avoid it.  Well he can be as nice as he likes but there was no way we were going to change our route, so in the end he left us behind waving his hands like we were mad.

This actually happened again another couple streets up, which was all a bit strange, but I thought if we see a demonstration then we will just avoid it and turnaround.

As you can see it was all bit barren and dry, and empty, so we decided it was not for us to sit and relax. We walked out of the park just as a Rickshaw was emptying, and jumped in.

They call these Auto Rickshaws and they are everywhere - we got this chap to give us a lift back from the park to the hotel.  How much? Whatever sir wants to give me! as he drops us outside the 5* Oberoi. May have been better off getting dropped off further down the road.