Last week, one of my co-workers and I went to take a couple of pictures of the place I have been calling work while here. The campus is very, very large, and as a result, they have bicycles in various areas around the sidewalks. We grabbed a couple of bicycles and took off to our buidling. The journey begins with some pictures of my walk into work! We walk about 15 minutes to gate #6 where we have to obtain our 'badges' and have our laptop bags inspected by guards. Once we get through this fiasco, we walk about 5 more minutes to our building.
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| Leaving the hotel and beginning our journey! |
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| The first two-wheeler parking area we pass on our walk into work each night. |
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| A corner intersection we cross daily which is about half way through our walk to the gate. As you can see, there is a motorcycle and a barely full rickshaw. We have seen up to 10-12 people in one of those rickshaws!!! It was packed as you can imagine. They will stand on the back or even ride on top of them if they have to. |
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| A second spot to find parked two-wheelers (motorcyles). India uses motorcycles a lot because they can weave in and out of traffic so quickly. I have not been able to get a picture, but I have seen as many as 5 people on one. 5 is the legal limit here, and only the driver is required to wear a helmet. Some passengers wear hard hats rather than a real helmet. :) |
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| Shops along our walk to the gate - there are always quite a few people hanging out. Down the street to the right of this picture is a Baskin Robbins. :) I have not been there amazingly enough. |
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| Arriving at our building after taking the bicycle route to work. |
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| The Pyramid building - this building is next to ours where we work. Our building has been nicknamed the Titanic, but I have not been able to get a good pic of it yet. |
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| This view is from the front of the building where there is a sidewalk up to the door with shallow water pools on either side of the sidewalk. |
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| The building has been nicknamed the washing machine, because it reminds us of a front loading one. When coming into Bangalore from the airport, you can see the other side of this building from the road. It is a very interesting design. These fountains are not always on, but when they are, it is a pretty sight on campus. |
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| My Co-worker, Allison, and I in front of the fountains. |
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| The Casa - an eating/cafeteria location on campus. Infosys subsidizes the food costs for employees, so I have been able to eat very inexpensively for dinner most nights. One night I spent a total of 20 rupess, which is about $0.40 US. |
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| Birds of Paradise can be seen in various locations on Infosys campus. |
Next up our travel to Agra, India to see the Taj Mahal.....stay tuned! Trust me when I say this was an ADVENTURE in more ways than one!!!! :)
2 comments:
What a beautiful place to work! Quite a contrast to the area just outside of the campus. Am I right in thinking that those native to the area feel quite fortunate if they work for Infosys or other businesses in Electronics City?
do u have any thng gud to write about india other than nicknames of the buildings?..U have got it wrong when you said that its legal for 5 people to travel on a bike..get your facts right before posting..as per Indian traffic rules only two people can travel on a bike and both must be wearing helmet..
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