We got up this morning and wentto get massages. Val, Shawn, Mhike and I went. It was my first time going out for one and it was ok. It was good, and I felt very relaxed afterwards and I'd do it again, but it won't become a regular ritual for me.
When we got back to the hotel, our friends had arrived but were crashing out. They worked the night before and then flew all night to get here. We hung out, eventally woke them up and had lunch at the hotel.
From there we went to the Lalbagh Botantical Gardens.
Getting there was great. We needed four rickshaws, so getting it organized was complicated, but ultimately very satisfying. The four drivers knew each other and we all buzzed each other's cars, zooming back and forth and waving to each other. My shots didn't come out too well, but Spatzy has a great video of all four cars jockeying back and forth through traffic.
The gardens themselves were fun and relaxing. They took up a sprawling territory and were dotted with strange nonsequitors, like Snow White's dwarves and a T-Rex in lipstick flanked by bunnies. The central attraction was ostensibly the glass house shown above, modeled after one in England. It was ok, but kind of dingy and you couldn't walk under it. I expect they have events there, like the recent flower show. There was also a strange set of fenced-off sculptures of ladies of unusual proportions.
But, the big attraction was the monkeys. First we saw one up a tree drinking orange soda. Ha ha, we all had a great time adoring him. After we finally tore our eyes off him, we walked up farther to where some kids were selling candy and mango juice. Where there is food, there is sure to be monkeys.
We watched these two for a while. They drank juice boxes, heisted candy from the salespeople and stole our hearts. There were two we watched mostly; a female and the bigger male. The male would eat what he wanted and leave the scraps for his lady friend.
He pretty much let everybody know who ruled that stretch of the park.
Later, we went out for Japanese at this crazy place in UB City. It's decor was dominated by 20' tall sculpture of woman's head suspended from the ceiling. She looked kind of sleepy or perhaps buzzed. There were other statues, but we sat on the open air deck and had tasty sushi; the first fish I've eaten since arriving. They played upbeat 80's songs like Duran Duran and Eddy Grant. Yes: we rocked down to electric avenue, and then we took it higher.
We watched these two for a while. They drank juice boxes, heisted candy from the salespeople and stole our hearts. There were two we watched mostly; a female and the bigger male. The male would eat what he wanted and leave the scraps for his lady friend.
He pretty much let everybody know who ruled that stretch of the park.
Later, we went out for Japanese at this crazy place in UB City. It's decor was dominated by 20' tall sculpture of woman's head suspended from the ceiling. She looked kind of sleepy or perhaps buzzed. There were other statues, but we sat on the open air deck and had tasty sushi; the first fish I've eaten since arriving. They played upbeat 80's songs like Duran Duran and Eddy Grant. Yes: we rocked down to electric avenue, and then we took it higher.
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