This morning we had free time. A number of people went back into town to continue their shopping sprees. They buy lots of scarves, purses, shoes, clothing and nick knacks for gifts and or souvenirs. I decided to lay low, take a bit of down time and enjoy the hotel. I worked in my room for a while sorting photos and then went for a swim in the pool.
We met up in the lobby by one and loaded up on the bus for a short ride to our lunch restaurant. This was another nice place with a great view of one of the lakes for our air conditioned eating area. Then we headed for the airport to catch a domestic flight to Delhi. Again I had no problem with my International Drivers License for ID. The flight was only two hours long aboard a propeller plane that was only four seats wide.
Back in Delhi we boarded another bus of the hour long ride back to the Residence Hotel, where I happily found both my new and old passport waiting for me!
We immediately went to another great restaurant for dinner. Jennifer had already left, but the rest of us had a good last dinner as a group. We had collected money for a tip for Sameer and I had been asked to say a few words, so when we got back on the bus for the ride back, I thanked him for everyone and presented him with the money.
When we got back, about 10, a few people wanted to go out for a last drink. So Sameer organized a cab to take Ian, Stephanie, Wendy, Josh, John and I to a bar. He told us it would be about a twenty minute ride and that the driver knew where he was going. Wrong on both counts. It took us forty minutes and the driver had to stop and ask directions a couple of time. The bar was called Blues and when we went in it was small and was playing music so loud it would have been impossible to talk, so we left, asked someone outside where we could go, and were directed to another bar, also called Blues, about ten doors down. It was much quieter and played soft American music for the eighties. We stayed there for a couple of hours before the ride back with the same driver, whom we had paid to wait for us. Got back to the hotel by 1:30, thoroughly exhausted. Goodnight.
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