Today we went to the Aga Khan Palace (or the Gandhi museum). We walked in the heat for about 45 minutes until we got to the Palace. The palace is unique in that everything around it is apartments, stores, and roads; but right in the middle of all that is this big open garden with the palace in the middle. 
It was where Gandhi, his secretary and his wife were kept for multiple years. His wife and secretary died there, and all their ashes are there. Next to their ashes also lie the ashes of Gandhi himself. It was a beautiful, big palace surrounded by green gardens. 
The actual exhibits were only decently presented, but the paintings and statues of Gandhi made the trip worth it. Since we were foreigners we paid 20 times (literally) what an Indian citizen would pay to get into the museum.
We just got to tour the first couple of rooms, each having statues, paintings, or belongings of Gandhi’s. Artifacts collected from the community and famous people were abundant as well. All of the upper floors were off limits to visitors.
We were expecting it to be much more busy, as Gandhi’s birthday was yesterday, but there were maybe about 20 others there at the time.
We spent some times around in the gardens, enjoying the beautiful flowers and sweet trees.
After the museum we went to Big Bazaar, the splendid shopping center that has everything one could want. The best thing to compare it to would be an Indian version of Ikea with a supermarket attached. It has stuff everywhere. Where there is not stuff, there are at least three people. What we consider “normal” grocery stores are not plentiful here. But we usually buy enough rice and other staples to last us and then buy fresh food daily or every other day.
It was where Gandhi, his secretary and his wife were kept for multiple years. His wife and secretary died there, and all their ashes are there. Next to their ashes also lie the ashes of Gandhi himself. It was a beautiful, big palace surrounded by green gardens. The actual exhibits were only decently presented, but the paintings and statues of Gandhi made the trip worth it. Since we were foreigners we paid 20 times (literally) what an Indian citizen would pay to get into the museum.We just got to tour the first couple of rooms, each having statues, paintings, or belongings of Gandhi’s. Artifacts collected from the community and famous people were abundant as well. All of the upper floors were off limits to visitors.
We were expecting it to be much more busy, as Gandhi’s birthday was yesterday, but there were maybe about 20 others there at the time.We spent some times around in the gardens, enjoying the beautiful flowers and sweet trees.
After the museum we went to Big Bazaar, the splendid shopping center that has everything one could want. The best thing to compare it to would be an Indian version of Ikea with a supermarket attached. It has stuff everywhere. Where there is not stuff, there are at least three people. What we consider “normal” grocery stores are not plentiful here. But we usually buy enough rice and other staples to last us and then buy fresh food daily or every other day.
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