01.10.11
We arrived last night at about 11 o'clock and were met by Martin's old school friend, Jon. Jon has been so helpful throughout the 2 weeks we have been here so far, always on the end of the phone to help. He took us back to his amazing apartment, in the posh part of Pune and we realised we were going to be well looked after this weekend and
immediately relaxed.
Driving in to Pune, which is a famous university town in India, it apearred so much more modern with new developments all along the road in, with large shopping complexs and hotels etc. Other cities even though in places are quite new, feel like mazes, very run down and dirty. The buildings put anywhere with shacks in between. But this felt more organised and
cosmopitan, and that more money had been put in to the city.
Anyway, today we were treated to an expensive chinese buffet, at a fancy restaurant. The food was superior! I was most impressed with the selection of tiny desserts that you could choose from. Throughout the afternoon we managed to arrange and book the rest of our trip in India, all our trains and flight back to Delhi.
We noticed some more beauracratic custome as we were going around Pune. For example when you got to a supermarket/shop you have to show ID and check your bag in outside the shop. Then as you leave the security has to stamp your receipt. Why?! Does the security guard read it - no. Does he know why he's doing this? There seems to be a lot of procedures like
this, that are just for show, that don't actually serve any real purpose.
This evening we have just chilled out with a take away, beer and shisha. Good times! Thanks Jon, great host x
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