Chandigargh

On the (long) bus trip south to Delhi, we stopped (not intentionally) for a night in Chandigargh, a place we new nothing about and hadn't planned to visit, but we're glad we did!

We treated ourselves to a more expensive hotel than the 3pound we normally spent, showered and hit the town for some food and beer, both of which we enjoyed with some live music. We ended the very enjoyable evening by walking back in the freezing cold night eating ice cream!

In the morning we decided to see a bit of the city before catching our bus so we headed to the 'rock garden' and we loved it. Under the direction of one man, a 12 acre sight has been transformed into an interesting, enjoyable and stimulating place to wander around using just the waste from construction sights. There are waterfalls, mosaic walls, large castles and thousands of sculptures of all sorts of animals, people and who knows what, a real pleasure to spend some time. We were sad to leave but had a bus to catch, it was an unexpected stop worth making.