India: 20th September 2004
1130: Wakey, wakey well not quite
1220: Breakie
1400: Off to get the final bit of shopping for T. Just another outfit
1500: Got what I need and time for Tea, a smoke and a read. Nearly finished my book - Wonder what I should read next. The place is fill of bookshops and little stalls by the side of the road selling books too. I'll try and take a pic tomorrow. The book that seems to stand out is The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. In the book shop by the Barrista (the coffee shop) it's about 300. By the side of the road it's 100!. Amazon.co.uk has it for £4.89 + delivery which is about 400 excluding delivery!
1510: No rest for the wicked, George turns up
1605: Back at the hotel, had a good chat with George
1630: Damm checked my flight details - I leave @ 2030 on Friday (No chance of getting into the office then) and the I have 4 hours to get my bags, go to another terminal and check in
1700: Transport here - humm not the "normal" car but a regular taxi
1730: We call VJay for directions, as our driver is lost :-o
1745: Ahh at last we arrive
2105: Normal kind of day really, time for dinner
2145: Ohh, they have opened up a new dining area. It was curry again, but not just a vegtable one, but meat too ... Very nice today!
0003: Spoke to T. That put a smile on my face
0030: Spoke to some of the boyz, the transfer between terminals at Mumbai should only take 20 mins or so, and it seems that duty free is not going to be the best in the world!
0130: Sorted out some stuff for tomorrow to keep me occupied
0200: My laptop is playing up again, it's trashing the harddisk like mad
0315: Time to bail out
0330: Nigel Mansell was driving my cab, back to the hotel in no time at all. Reception asked if I wanted coffee and toast, I said, na, just toast please I have a kingfisher :-o
0340: Toast arrives - it's kingfisher and toast time
0400: Watching a program called Seven Days on AXN, it's quite good. Humm, India launched a Satelite today called EDUSAT. "Built for a mission life of seven years, the EDUSAT is mainly intended to meet the demand for an interactive satellite-based distance education system for the country."
0500: z's
God this is a boring blog today! .. sorry