It's been a couple of days in Lucknow so far and I think I'm getting used to the city again. It's very different. My favorite thing so far has been riding the cycle rickshaws! Gosh I missed those! Bangladesh is filled with cycle rickshaws but I hadn't seen any at all before Lucknow here in India.
My friend and I went towards the old city yesterday, towards some infamous landmarks, like Imambara and a whole bunch of other stuff. Unfortunately it turns out that everything in the city, all the markets (at least on that side of town) is closed on Thursdays. Why Thursdays I'm not sure. There's been many instances when we go somewhere to find out that a random day of the week everything in that area is closed.
But we did manage to stop at lots of fresh fruits/vegetable stands! and that was AWESOME! pomegranates always always make me feel nostalgic so I couldn't resist and bought a couple. Outdoor, open bazaars to do groceries..that's how it should be. it feels wonderful.
Another impressive and memorable sight as we were going towards the old city :
My friend and I were on the rickshaw when we saw about 3 or 4 mango stands lined up side by side and we got really excited. Driving up the street we realized that there were even more mango stands, and even more mango stands. For literally a mile, it was a street with vendors and their mango carts, all different kinds, just lined up. and it kept on going and going and going!
mangoes filling up the side of the street? that's like heaven.






















we'll be leaving to go to Fatehpura Sikri (a 10 hour car ride from here) and then going on to Agra tomorrow to see the Taj Mahal, and Sunday we are back.

more to come later :)