It's a unique place in that it was built in the 50's and 60's as a planned city. The streets are wide and tree lined, built in grids – each with a sector number – making it easy to get around. There's a main shopping street where everyone hangs out, and it's fun to spend an hour or so people watching. At one end of the city there's the administrative area with government buildings, and each sector is more or less self contained with restaurants, business, and shops.
While it sounds impressive it's a bit of a let down as everything is so obviously built during a period in history which now looks very dated.
The main administrative building:
The high court:
Sculpture in the grounds of the government complex:
The main park:
A typical sign in India with over the top English explanation:
The other "must do" is a visit to Ned Chand's rock garden. It's a large landscaped garden, built entirely from industrial waste – most of it produced when the city was being built.
It's very popular with Indian families, and it's nice for an hour or two's wander around:
The wishing well:
Just some of the hundreds of hand made figures:
I also spotted this sign - part of the global conspiracy to find The Island :-)
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