Friday, 14 November 2008

Thursday Bangalore!

Compliments from the Host! This morning I had my own private theraputic yoga instructor....my feet are still very swollen from the flight....and I am not smoking! Anyway he took an accupuncture reading...and was extremely accu-rate - and proceeded to deep breathe me...the morning had started so well, but I was running late, and from then onwards everything got more and more frustrating! The traffic is/was so bad, I couldn't get anywhere on time....but I still managed to meet Nita at 'Airlines'. A restaurant that has been there for 50 years. Looks like a government building and you can either eat outside or in your car, that saves a bit of washing up! Then she was dropping me off at Bambi with her car and her driver and 'my driver' was following behind, but he did a wrong turn and was never to be found again....it was not going smoothly..I had lost a traveller's cheque and had to copy various documents but the electric CITY was down so misson not accomplished.....by the time we got to Bambi it was so late.. but she then took me off to Commercial Road because I said I wanted my ring re plated( that took another 2 hrs.)..but facinating a little old man sitting on the pavement took my ring...put it in what looked like different glasses of water, the last one having a wire connected to a battery in it. This mean't my ring would be 'electric gold plated' but it would only last for 2 months which was reflected in the price R50 = 80p...worth every rupee! I think I got home at 7.30 just wanted to go to bed, but then Ramesh phoned and said get ready we are going to the club...THE BANGALORE CLUB! Now recently the Minister of Karnatake banned all clubs and all discoteques and all dancing...so the only way you can party is to belong to a private club......It is huge, has a cinema, a shopping centre, a gym and an outdoor restaurant and dance floor. Anyone who is ANYWHO apparently goes there...so being anywho..... It reminded me so much fo the Victoria Falls hotel in Zimbabwe, the colonial architecture and the sort of ambience you used to find there. It definitely didn't feel like Europe!. The conversations! "So where is Sinita...American of course!" "Don't forget our game of golf tomorrow - I should be back from Mumbai at lunchtime" So modern India feels very middleclass...I hope it doesn't do away with the man who does the gold plating...it makes coming here still worth it!

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