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So last weekend, we visisted a monument near our city. It was nearby, but still out of town and we needed a car ride to reach there.

And I swear I will not do it again! It’s just HORRIBLY dangerous to travel here! No bus system, train maybe okay but I can imagine the horror, and auto rickshaw is out too coz it’s too far, so we had no choice but to call a taxi.

We thought it’d be more comfortable, but I was soooooo wrong!

Drivers here are TERRIBLE. It seems that they never mastered:

• Braking: They don’t brake when there’s an obstacle in front. If possible, they’ll swerve off without looking at the side mirrors, and then if they have no room to swerve, they honk. HONK LAN MEH?! You honk jor the traffic stuck in front will move meh?!
• Brake, damn it, BRAKE!
• Common sense: They can stop in the MIDDLE of the road and ask for directions. Hey wtf, there is traffic incoming behind us, and what with you all not mastering how to BRAKE, what if the people behind ram into us? Besides that, they can also stop and curse at an offending driver. Or stop to chit chat. Wah at this point I wanna take a stick and whack the fella liao.
• No sense of fear: We were on a road, something like going up to Gabai Waterfalls or Cameron, small two-way lanes, ya know. And a bus was speeding like a crazy Metrobus towards us. Our taxi failed to keep to his lane. Instead, he chose to FREAKING ignore the flashing of headlights, a sign of warning by the bus. Rather, he sped along as though trying to see who will give in first. DAMN YOU IF THE BUS SOMETHING WRONG WE COULD HAVE ALL DIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• No driving etiquette: See above.

So if you’re coming to India, be sure to buy insurance and do more cardio to build up your heart. The poor thing will be under a lot of stress wan I tell you.

Ok lah my rants are endless. Here are some pics. I can’t really give you guys a documentation of this place. Because due to the awesome Indian government, there is no one doing any maintenance to this beautiful place, no signboards directing us here, the awesome locals are clueless about this place too, and it’s hard to reach here unless you LIVE here or have a local as a friend. And there is no guide no nothing to tell us about the history of this place. There is only 1 Indian uncle who kononnya calls himself the ‘guard’ and asked for Rs.50 for his ’services’.

Seriously LOUSY place. But nonetheless, the monument is beautiful. BUT I won’t come here ever again!

Oh ya I must also remind adventurous females that this country is not female-friendly. Sure you’ll feel this place is all lovey-dovey and full of ‘flavour’ if you’re a backpacker and linger around for a few days, but if you’re here to stay for a long time like me, you’ll get really get fed up.

Shit I ranted again. Okay see pics nao!

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Tell me it’s beautiful. Because I am seriously amazed at the intricate details. Rants aside, I hope the Indian government put in more effort to maintain these monuments. But so far after visitng two of these historical landmarks, I’m disappointed. I feel sorry to see the sad state of these places. Dirty and not well protected.

For tourist information regarding this place, click here ya. Good website with details. But detail or not, it’s still pretty hard to travel around without a local’s guidance. Good luck!

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Lame Cold Joke

Me: wah liao eh check this out, the spanking new 12 megapixel Sony Ericsson Aino~ you shouldn’t have bought the SE C905! this thing rockssssss~ it’s like a high-end PC for those who can’t afford a Mac… *drool* (ie. a fantastic phone for those who cannot afford THE iPhone)

Bro: wah….but wait…where are the key pads…?

Cheh! For a moment, I thought he was genuinely interested. >_>

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