Commercial St
The day after the henna party I awoke early ready for the day.. saying that we left the house at close to 11am, this would become somewhat of a pattern over the next couple of days - aim low in India - its much easier to accomplish one thing and be completely satisfied than to attempt too many..
We discovered that breakfast was included in our room rate so an order of eggs, toast and coffee was made. As I mentioned the coffee here is awesome, strong, sweet and with milk just the way I like it.
The eggs arrived with a considerable amount of water in them, and were pretty much deemed a failure but you cant really expect Indians to know the secrets of the best scrambled eggs (thanks Tim) can you?
The mission today was Commercial St. Commercial St is where Shoshana got her gorgeous outfit from the henna party (see other post).
Catching a rickshaw we bargained with a little man called Aruuuu - or that's how we remembered him - we asked a price (40R's), decided not to bargain as seriously were we going to argue over a dollar between the three of us?
On the way there it was established that Aruuuu would wait for us and bring us home for 80R's - no time limit - so of course we agreed. Part of the deal in India is that the Rickshaw drivers like to take you to the 'best' emporiums where you get 'special deals' or they get commission - needless to say they have no issues if you walk in, circle the shop and walk out again.. that's fine.. you just HAVE to stop.
Commercial street was unlike any other I had been down - and I couldn't help but take pictures the whole way.
This inappropriate sign about finger lickin.. something no one should do in this country
Susan tried on shoes (she needed them for the wedding) and Saris (also for the wedding) I had some issues with the store having a smell of disinfectant which worried me some what as it was below ground level.
we did stop at the most beautiful sari's store at a classy store and got some classic shots before getting shirts for Jaana and Zoe (matching of course)
After another store (thanks Aruuu) we had a late lunch at bean there before getting ready for the cocktail party at Olive Beach.
We discovered that breakfast was included in our room rate so an order of eggs, toast and coffee was made. As I mentioned the coffee here is awesome, strong, sweet and with milk just the way I like it.
The eggs arrived with a considerable amount of water in them, and were pretty much deemed a failure but you cant really expect Indians to know the secrets of the best scrambled eggs (thanks Tim) can you?
The mission today was Commercial St. Commercial St is where Shoshana got her gorgeous outfit from the henna party (see other post).
Catching a rickshaw we bargained with a little man called Aruuuu - or that's how we remembered him - we asked a price (40R's), decided not to bargain as seriously were we going to argue over a dollar between the three of us?
On the way there it was established that Aruuuu would wait for us and bring us home for 80R's - no time limit - so of course we agreed. Part of the deal in India is that the Rickshaw drivers like to take you to the 'best' emporiums where you get 'special deals' or they get commission - needless to say they have no issues if you walk in, circle the shop and walk out again.. that's fine.. you just HAVE to stop.
Commercial street was unlike any other I had been down - and I couldn't help but take pictures the whole way.
This inappropriate sign about finger lickin.. something no one should do in this country
Susan tried on shoes (she needed them for the wedding) and Saris (also for the wedding) I had some issues with the store having a smell of disinfectant which worried me some what as it was below ground level.
we did stop at the most beautiful sari's store at a classy store and got some classic shots before getting shirts for Jaana and Zoe (matching of course)
After another store (thanks Aruuu) we had a late lunch at bean there before getting ready for the cocktail party at Olive Beach.
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