After the fort we drove another million miles at breakneck speeds to the Brindavan Gardens, which were the pleasure gardens of Tippu Sultan. The entire garden is flanked by a dam built in the 1800s, an amazing achievement for the time. The dam controls the water flow for the entire south. There is a dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over the water. Karnataka is supposed to supply so much water to Tamil Nadu every day. TN claims the amount is not enough and Karnataka claims it is too much. Right now the entire south is plagued by a drought so everyone is suffering from power cuts because their power is hydropower.
We walked along the walls of the dam, which is massive, and into the gardens which are equally as large. This is probably the first stop we’ve made where we were able to stop and relax. We got a coffee from a vendor and started to walk towards the coloured fountains. However, we only made it about half way. The gardens are popular with Indian tourists so there were probably about half a million people in the gardens on their way to the fountains. The closer we got the more insane it got. Rather then enter the swarm of people we opted to sit and watch people instead. From the hill we could see the fountain show in the distance, which was good enough for me.
When the other tourist got back to the bus they told us stories of how insane the crowds were and how they had to fight just to get close.
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