On our last day in Bangalore, also called the Garden City, we made a safari at the Bannerghatta National Park. On our way to the park we had a tourguide who told us some interesting facts about Bangalore. While in earlier times people would call the city the pensioners paradise, they call it nowadays the sillicon valley of Asia. The name refers to the countless numbers of IT-companies which settled down in Bangalore. Today, the city counts around 10 million inhabitants, who are using more than 100 000 Tuk Tuks and about 2 million scooters every day. Another interesting fact we heard was that the schools in Bangalore use a three language system. The students have to learn Hindi as well as English and the local language. Furthermore, they have the opportunity to additionally choose French and/or German.
When we arrived at the National Park we switched into a safari-proofed tourbus, which was covered by a security steel mesh. On the tour we spotted deers, black bears, wild hogs, elephants, lions, tigers and even a white tiger. Although it is a National Park, some of the animals were chained, which gave us the feeling of beeing in a zoo rather than in the wildlife. After the safari tour we were able to walk around in a small zoo which also belongs to the National Park. In this part we were able to touch some of the animals. Additionally to the allready spotted animals we saw crocodiles, different kind of birds, zebras and monkeys. When we finished our tour through the zoo, we reboarded our delegation bus and headed off to the airport.
Having done the check-in, we had some time for shopping and eating before boarding the airplane to Pune. After a smooth flight we arrived tired but happy at our hotel. We are looking forward to explore another city and visit interesting companies.
Franziska Schneider / Daniel Gautschi
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