January 10, 2010

Day 2: Pune

Dinner last night was complimentary. Getting my full does of northern indian food although i can't imagine eating the same stuff for the next 2 weeks!
Breakfast was alright - the service is excellent! The waiters are eagerly waiting to attend to any request. At the buffet, you don't even need to get up. Just tell them what you want, and they'll serve you!
Went out to a "mall". Me being a mall-rat was hugely disapointed! Malls here are just 2 levels of shops. And are made out of a lot of non-local shops. Was meaning to pick up some nice kurta's but didn't see any. Children even made it into the store and tried to stalk Jen for some money. Didn't come up to me though - maybe i didnt look foreign?Hahahaha....
Managed to stop by the local grocery shop Dorabjee's. It's packed to the brim but i managed to get some Pringles and a packet of instant masala tea...
Came back to the hotel coz the hustle and bustle of the street was just too much for us to handle.
Let's see if we do something fun for dinner...

January 09, 2010

Visit India 2010: Journey to Pune

Woke up at 6am today. Took a cab with Jen to KLIA for our flight at 9:35am.
Indian Airlines ain't nice at all! It took us 3+hours to reach Chennai airport.
Chennai airport ain't nice at all! Ate some lunch and waited for many hours to board our connecting flight to Pune. We took the Kingfisher airlines - 5 star was good! Flight to Pune was 1.5 hours. Pune airport is much cleaner and spacey compared to Chennai. The hotel staff was already there with our transport to the hotel. Our drive back to the hotel was an experience. There are practically no traffic regulations here except one: HONK! honk at EVERYTHING on the road. The hotel was pretty near the airport. It's right next to the main road and next to a mall. My room is huge! and its very comfortable. I can still hear the honking though :)

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