Everyone, this bring us to the last outing of Jagre Family in Bangalore during their brief stay here in 2016.
The location that I chose to visit this time was a zoo, though, not named like one. It was named Bannerghatta Biological Park. For people in Bangalore, I think, it is known more as Bannerghatta zoo and that’s why I went with that!
You can see us all dressed up with smiles around to head to the chosen destination. I was so stoked, happy, whatever you wanna call it, that I could spend these last few days with my family, which, I knew, I wouldn’t get to spend for some foreseeable future.
The one inconvenience about going to this “zoo” was the transportation facilities. I had researched about all the possible modes that we could take to our destination and given that Ola and Uber had skyrocketed prices, had to settle for buses. Unfortunately, that day, the AC buses were on strike or something, so we had to take the normal buses to our destination and let me tell you it was not a good decision at all.
We struggled a lot and I mean it. It was not a fun ride for anyone. Have a look yourselves how difficult it was to get from my place (Nagavara) to the Bannerghatta (zoo).
In spite of all these troubles and inconveniences, our ladies gang didn’t let their spirits die and their smiles cheered me up too.
If you know me, you know that I don’t like crowded places and simply hate to take inconvenient route if more comfortable option is available, so looking at their smiling faces soothed me and helped me get rid of my frustration. Love you all.
After much struggle, we made it to the park and we were not disappointed with the different and many species of all wild animals that we got to see. One thing that I forgot to tell you at the beginning of this post – the reason I chose to visit “a zoo” as the last spot in Bangalore – my Dad. My Dad loves museums and zoo and is very fond of wild animals, so I knew visiting a zoo would be in the back of his mind, but, like most Dads, he didn’t wish to speak his mind, so I had to take this decision by myself to go to the zoo. That’s a small tidbit from my side.
How can you miss a chance to capture your sisters gazing at a wild animal. But, when I was trying for a candid picture, they suddenly turned back and gave me an awesome smile. Gosh, I love these two!
And then there was *someone* who grabbed the camera from (must be either one of the above two), and tried clicking my candid picture; and, safe to say, they failed! I don’t remember what I was doing while clicking this picture – maybe looking at lines on my palm and figuring out my future? You never know!
After exploring almost all wild animals in the zoo, we were pleasantly surprised to learn that there was a manually driven boats available to rent. This was enough for our adventurous family to try their “legs” at the boats. You see us enjoying during these boat rides. One thing that I wonder now looking at this picture – lack of protective gears. I didn’t know how to swim back then. So, God forbid, if the boat would have toppled, I wouldn’t have been able to save anyone, let alone myself, so, the LIFE JACKETS would have been a good choice while going on these boat rides. Again, back then, I wasn’t that much worried, but, exploring the world helps you gain that perspective. I will stop here as I am getting more philosophical again!
That bring us almost to the closing time for the Park. I was both happy and sad that this trip was almost over. Happy that I got to spend time with family and got to enjoy these beautiful days when I had no job so that I could hang out with them. Sad that in a few days, I would start missing them again and wished that this trip would have lasted a few more days! But, time is one thing that you cannot buy in this world, so I had to make my peace with it.
You can see my Mom inadvertently posing before the gate of the Park. This what seemed to the last memory that I have for my parents Bangalore trip.
Post this, we struggled again to get home, but were relieved that we got some delicious dinner cooked by our wonderful domestic help.
In a couple days, my parents and uncle and aunt left for my hometown – Patansaongi, Maharashtra, India; And, I became a lone survivor in Bangalore.
But this would be true only for a few more days as my life is going to take some major turns and gladly I was prepared for those changes!
I will stop blabbering here now and hope that we will meet again!
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