Since we have been in Bangers .... now nearly two years....there have been noticeable changes. Every time I am out and about I see shops that have changed hands, there is new construction, more western style shops, new restaurants and new malls. Mall madness.......
Yesterday, a day off school/work for Eid, Simon and I went out to explore 1MG, a new mall. This idea was totally unappealing to the kids who elected to stay home, or more accurately stay in the neighborhood.
As we descended into the underground car park we saw this....
This is double decker valet parking. Cool!! Car number 1 gets hydraulically lifted to the currently empty slot above and car number 2 then slots in below. I'd never seen this before.
Up from the depths and into the Mall, which is little complicated. Not all floors lead to the one directtly above, if that makes sense. The escalator goes from ground to second. To get to floor 1, you need to take the elevator/lift. Then floor three is just the upstairs of the shops on floor two, only accessible from the lower floor of that particular store. I'm assuming this was a design feature not an oversight, but you never know....
Anyway a strange mixture of shops from the Man U store, where cricket was featured on the internal TV!
The poor PUMA store....
Only in India!!
The Foodhall was very spacious and full of exorbitantly priced western food stuffs. But with an excellent additional service. Once you have selected your fresh produce, get it weighed and then get it chopped. Not only get it chopped..... but choose your chopping style....julienne, diced, sliced.....Now that really is service....but in a land full of maids and cooks not sure of the value added.
As Simon's attention span for non-tech shopping is somewhat limited (that's putting it politely!), we then retreated into a coffee shop, which nearly approximated to Starbucks, and departed. Still no cars in the upper level parking booths. Altho' I was itching to try and press one of the magic buttons to see how it worked, I restrained myself!
Yesterday, a day off school/work for Eid, Simon and I went out to explore 1MG, a new mall. This idea was totally unappealing to the kids who elected to stay home, or more accurately stay in the neighborhood.
As we descended into the underground car park we saw this....
Up from the depths and into the Mall, which is little complicated. Not all floors lead to the one directtly above, if that makes sense. The escalator goes from ground to second. To get to floor 1, you need to take the elevator/lift. Then floor three is just the upstairs of the shops on floor two, only accessible from the lower floor of that particular store. I'm assuming this was a design feature not an oversight, but you never know....
Anyway a strange mixture of shops from the Man U store, where cricket was featured on the internal TV!
The Foodhall was very spacious and full of exorbitantly priced western food stuffs. But with an excellent additional service. Once you have selected your fresh produce, get it weighed and then get it chopped. Not only get it chopped..... but choose your chopping style....julienne, diced, sliced.....Now that really is service....but in a land full of maids and cooks not sure of the value added.
As Simon's attention span for non-tech shopping is somewhat limited (that's putting it politely!), we then retreated into a coffee shop, which nearly approximated to Starbucks, and departed. Still no cars in the upper level parking booths. Altho' I was itching to try and press one of the magic buttons to see how it worked, I restrained myself!
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