City Beautiful-Chandigarh

Chandigarh is a beutiful, well planned city of North India that has got the previledge to be the capital of two prosperous states, Punjab and Haryana. The clean broad roads lined by beautiful greenery having lovely green chowks are ever inviting and refreshing. Anyone would love visiting Chandigarh again and again. Sukhna Lake, Rock Garden, Pinjore Garden everything is just great. The city is well organised and is divided into well planned sector with various facilities like parking, dairy, shopping complexes etc. uniformly present in every sector. The sectors are arranged in well-planned and easily locatable numbers, so no worries oe hassles will be observed while there in Chandigarh.

Quick Tips:

Just roam in Chandigarh with a relaxed mind. It is nice to travel by car but If there is enough time and the mind and body is ready to enjoy open air, why not enjoy RICKSHAW for short local trips. The city in itself is clean and spacious, so no troubles of pollution.

Best Way To Get Around:

Car
Rickshaw, if time is enough.
Also on foot walk in the evening is a good excercise while stayiing in Chandigarh if plan is to stay for more than one week.

Pinjore is about 20 minute car or bus journey from Chandigarh. It is a clean wide place and walking on foot in the evening here is relaxing. Away from noises it is cool. It is situated on outskirts of Chandigarh while going to Himachal.

To take a break from the hassles and busy life of city, it is advisable to go to Sukhna Lake and feel relaxed. The lake makes us feel closer to nature and peace. A beautiful lake where pedal boating and shikara ride can be enjoyed either alone or along with friends. It is an unique fun available in the city. A 20 minute travel from bus stand lands us at Sukhna. The beautiful aquatic birds in the lake are so charming. In very economic range boating is enjoyed in the blue water of lake either in shikara or pedal boat. There is also a fun park that can provide artificial bull ride.
Along with all this fun, if the hunger or apetite troubles, there are nice, clean food and coffee stalls that can provide refreshment in very reasonable price.

And In the same campus, portrait maker artists are there who prepare a memory to take home as portrait within few minutes.

It is an amazing creation by a great person, Sh. Nek Chand. The unique garden, rock garden where most of the waste materials have been so beautifully used to create great art pieces. Anyone who visits Chandigarh must visit Rock garden and see this wonder, A REAL MAN MADE WONDER! The electric wastes, ceramic waste, even the toilet seats' broken pieces, bangles, glass and so many useless things which otherwise would have added to the trash and disturbance are somwell utilised that this place it an unique place in the world. Perhaps one of its own kind.

To really enjoy nature along the Broad Chandigarh roads, best way is to have a Rickshaw ride. But the day should be clear with no chances of rain. Just hire a Rickshaw which is very economical and slowly go through the roads or to beautiful points like Sukhna Lake or Rose Garden. In between the intervals you and Rickshaw puller may have small breaks and rest with tea etc.

It was not actually any performance but it was the live self-activity to enjoy and see various colours of night in Chandigarh. The broad roads and organized look of city gets more glow during night. It was so cool, unique and enjoy colours of night in this charming city. Sit on A rickshaw in the evening and go watching the whole cool attractive cooling colours of lights and scenario in this city. For me it is like meditation for mind and a soothing excercise for eyes. Would like to go on such an activity atleast once again.

There is a park in the campus of Sukhna lake where children could enjoy different types of fun activities like toy-train ride, bumpies, artificial bull ride etc. While parents go boating in the lake, kids can enjoy something lighter if they do not wish to boat.
There are also restaurants in the campus where one can get clean snacks, food, drinks etc. It is a real fun sipping hot coffee and watch kids riding the toy-train or teenagers riding the bull.
And if it gets little lengthy, try the artist sideby to get a portrait and take that as a beautiful memory along!
Also while watching birds, think of the efforts for wild-life conservation if you are a nature lover!

I enjoyed fried peanuts from the conical paperback very much!