Sitting here on our last day at the beach resort, and trying to get the blog up to date, I have realised I missed a day, and got some of the dates confused as well. I think I have got the days and dates corrected now, so I just need to add in the missing day.
It was the day we drove from Jaipur back to Delhi, not a particularly interesting day, so probably why I managed to miss it out!
The first thing we did, after a rather sleepless night on my part, was to try and sort out our cash difficulties. So at just gone 7am we were outside the hotel getting a tuk-tuk driver to take us to an ATM that was not only open, but had cash. The first five we tried had no cash, but then an excited conversation with a passer-by put us on the trail. There were only about 10 people in front of us, but there was still the worry that the cash would run out before our turn. The limit is 2000 rupees per transaction, so everyone is using as many cards as possible. We finally get to the front of the queue after only half an hour, and use all six cards on us to get 12000 rupees. Yippeeq, we have cash and can now pay the tips due to our guide, driver and his assistant.
Back to the hotel for breakfast, then into the coach for the six hour trip back to Delhi. As we wait for the bus we watch some of our group take part in a yoga session just outside our room.
We pass two elephants on the road and our driver obligingly slows down so we can take photographs, holding up all the traffic behind us.
We also pass some scaringly long queues at banks!
Back into Delhi, and back to the same hotel. It's the first time we can actually plan where to eat in advance as we know the area. Great meal with Jon and Judith, Chris and Sarah, then we say farewells before bed time. Tomorrow we branch out on our own for several days until we start our second tour in Kerala in five days time.
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