Moni had to cancel so I
decided to actually go and do some shopping and get some suitable
clothes. First things first, I seriously had to get some money. There
are quite a few ATM's around now ( the one down the road translates
this to 'Any Time Money', had a giggle at that one ) , so off I
trotted and put in the good old credit card. Just to make sure
nothing happens, there are guards and/or soldiers with guns
protecting you at the ATM's. Quite an unsettling feeling.
You just shouldn't let
a girl loose with 10000 rupees. OK, I used the calculator this time,
thats about US$130. For this I got a nice top, one shop bought sari
and another 2 are being made up or tailored if you please, for me.
Western dress is quite acceptable these days, and a lot of the young
ones now wear jeans etc, but they are so hot and uncomfortable. The
punjabi style trousers (see I'm getting into the lingo) are nice and
floaty and very light and comfortable. As a bonus, the 'tops' could
also be worn as sexy dresses with nice slits up the sides when I get
to a more westernised country .. well hopefully the legs will be
worth showing by then. Not bad ... and I've still got plenty of
change. Walked most of the day again, damn this is getting to be a
bad habit. Taxi drivers keep stopping to see if I want a lift. They
think I'm some mad woman wanting to walk everywhere .. heheheh little
do they know. Its so much better walking though, you get to have a
leisurely look at everything and I keep finding all these wonderful
little spots off the main roads as I wander down the alleys. Ah well,
once I put my sari's on they might think I'm a local and stop
bothering me .. will keep you posted on that one .. I'm sure I'll
just blend right in :)
I'm thinking that these
daily posts are going to get rather boring, so I'll probably cut them
down to weekly now or when something special happens. I can't wait
till I get my own net connection as I really don't like using the net
cafe things and even with my own PC the ports seem to be blocked for
IMAP and irc. I did ask, but the guy at the counter just looked very
strangely at me and didn't seem to have a clue. Mind you, in all the
cafe's I have tried, they are using Win98 and nothing is locked down
.. could have some fun .... or not ?