Today is day 23 - weekend's events! :)

So! Sorry for the wait! Been a bit busy/knackered so in the evenings blogging takes second place to a cold drink down at the Kopcha and SLEEP!

On Friday (Day 21)

We got the later bus in (at 2pm) to check on films and to get more done. Hannah had taken mine in previously when I was feeling rough, so I got a chance to scan some of the work Hannah and I have been doing together. Hannah was told she could not process her films - AGAIN - so was more than slightly annoyed.

We jumped into an auto and made our way to a book shop that had been recommended to us. It was lovely and cool, although the books, I have to say, we a little bizarre...A Diary of Anne Frank placed next to Mein Kampft. Hmmmmm.

The book shop was next to McDonalds, and the temptation to stray inside for something other than curry was a little too much for Adam, Hannah and I. I can hear Dad now - "You went where?!" I can hear the disgust in his voice all the way from here :)
He will be please to know, it did not sit well with Hannah or myself!

As we were on the other side of the city, the rickshaw ride home was a new route - a welcome change! The chilled and relaxed feeling did not last long. We opened the door to our bedroom to find a pigeon sat on our bed. Great. Feathers and poo everywhere! I refused to touch it (eeeww germs and fleas and god knows what) so Hannah covered it with a T-shirt and carried it down in the lift. We had noticed that it's wing was bleeding (having flown into our ceiling fan we assume) and decided against chucking the bugger out the window!

We washed all our sheets, and I swept the fluffy floor.

We had a relaxed evening in, knowing that the 6.30am start Saturday morning was not going to be a happy one!

Saturday (Day 22)

Up at 6.30am, the sun barely in the sky, we headed into the city for the Heritage walk. Despite the early start, it was great, we got to walk through the maze of the old city, hoping through secret 'pols' or gates, doorways or entrances to the English readers. The walk was mind blowing, seeing the different styles of architecture, the families outside, washing and cooking, going about their day business and seeing all the temples and mosques.

When the 2 hour walk was over we wandered a little further, there were market stalls popping up (it was only 10am) and the streets were already flooded with people. I managed to buy some new flip flops (a men's pair as the ladies sizes do not go big enough for my giant English feet!) as I have worn both the pairs I bought with me out!

Hannah and I were drawn towards the umbrella ceiling we could see across the road, a market, but Adam had a bit of a crazy turn, and screamed at a beggar. So we decided to get him home. Unfortunately this was not the last of his bad mood. We dashed into InfoCity for a cold drink and a few supplies (mainly toilet roll as there is none on campus, or anywhere else for that matter!) and due the the midday heat decided to get a rickshaw the 1.5km back to campus. Lazy, but we were very sweaty and some what sleepy! When the ricksaw wala wanted 20 rupees (about 25p) for the fare Adam decided that was not fair and stormed off. We decided to let him walk and hopefully he could walk off his bad mood.

We crashed out for the afternoon, and I did some work early evening, shooting with the students.

We got a early night again, as we were heading back in early the next day!

Sunday (Day 23)

Hannah and I jumped in a rickshaw at 8am to get to Paldi early. We were meeting Ishaan, who was kind enough to take us to the Sunday Market in the Old City. Before meeting Ishaan, we spotted 2 elephants just outside the NID gates, so we went out to take some photos...we got really close - see the photo below :)

A rickshaw was hailed, and much to Hannah and my shock a motorbike ploughed into the back of it, much to Ishaan's amusement!

It was great! :) The market was filled with everything - old cameras, clothes, books, tools, trinkets, everything! The heat was mounting, so Ishaan hailed another auto (Hannah and I crossed our fingers) and we soon arrived at the coconut stall for cold, fresh coconut water, drunk from the coconut itself. I had pineapple juice - not a great fan of the coconuts, I have to say!

It was a great day, we went back to NID campus and grabbed some lunch, chilled out with Sumit and Ishaan, got more drinks and came back to campus, where Hannah promptly fell asleep!

I will be going down to dinner in a second! :)

Playing catch the pigeon!

I let Ishaan use my hasselblad :)

Fresh coconut water anyone?