Last Two weeks - Bangalore Travel and Get-togethers

I was in Bangalore week before last and found some welcome changes...First of all the new airport is good, though I felt it may not suffice for the traffic growth in next 2-3 years....the immigration is efficient and quick...There is a long elevated highway coming up on the way to Elex city...though the pace of construction is slow, i feel in couple of years when the construction is completed the traffic will ease...

I also got a few opportunities to fine n dine in choice of places in Bangalore - Leela's Citrus and Taj Gateway's Karivalli.....Citrus's buffet spread is excellent and yeah we tried a wine which was bloody costly INR 32,000/-...goosshhhhh....Karivalli has real tasty Sounthern Coastal choices.....and the decor of Karivalli is lovely.....

Also the Geofrey in 'The Royal Orchid' is a good place but I felt real let down by the closing time of Bangalore pubs...what studpidity - the pubs are supposed to be closed by 11.30pm......

Yeah i accomplished another feat this time - purshased sarees...I was enthused that I should purchase Mysore silk for Soma....And you will be amazed that once i landed in Mysore Silk House I ended up purchasing 5 sarees in flat 15 minutes......I was helped by my brother but you will agree that its a feat...ha ha ha

The trip was eventful professionally also....

When I was in Bangalore, the new TV in UK (which we purchased in July) went faulty and presently we are w/o TV...this is good in a way as we are forced to look at other avenues of entertainment... we have subscribed to LoveFilms.com which is a DVD rental service provider and the collection it has is fantastic...it also efficientlt dispatches DVDs....cool service....By the way it is a division of  amazon.com ....