We woke up at about 11:30 in the morning – well it is only 6:00 am at home. Maria dragged me out for a stroll in the midday heat – she had a hat but did she think of me? John took some ‘arty’ photos from a street barrow.
We’ve no idea what the fruit is, but John bought one ‘to be polite’. We tried it later and we still have no idea what it is. A bit bland with VERY hard seeds.
Maria then spent ages looking at materials in a store – you would have thought she had never seen dress material before!! John took us to a shop he usually uses ‘Cauvery’ – where various crafts people sell their wares. Maria bought a wall hanging, some bags, some sandelwood things and some metal bowls – John spent the whole time muttering about not spending all of our money at the first place we can find (and then bought himself a walking stick). All I got was an elephant. After all of this I was a bit tired so I asked if we could go back to the hotel. There was no pavement so we walked in the road and through a petrol station. Apparently pavement are ‘optional’. Maria kept panicking about the motorbikes, only a couple of them actually brushed against her. Mind you, you do take your life in your hands whenever you cross the road. John spotted some scaffolding – wooden!!!
When we got back to the hotel John collapsed in a chair in the bar and ordered a beer, so Maria and I joined him and I had a very cold Kingfisher beer and some nuts. Bliss.
Tomorrow we’re hiring a car for the day and going sightseeing. Only £17 a day for a driver and air conditioned car.