One remarkable thing happened on the building site opposite.
We looked out the window to find that a group of workers had surrounded another; a few minutes later somebody appeared with a big stick and started whipping him. After about 10 minutes the security guards arrived and took him away. He probably did something heinous like stealing or lifting his feet up so his wife can clean.
In the evening we went to a friend's place to have a barbeque while we watched the sun set through the smog.
The next morning we had a relaxing breakfast at the JK Marriott hotel.
The restaurant has a huge ceiling and overlooks a fantastic artificial lake (see picture). Beyond that is the Arabian Sea with Oman on the other side. One quirk with this hotel is that they don't like you taking pictures of the flowers - a little man runs up and tries to stop you.Afterwoods we went to the Indian equivalent of Harvey Norman to look at furniture (see pictures). The furniture shopping district contains lots of narrow shops with a single aisle in the middle that you can just walk through.
Oh, they also have attack goats to guard the furniture.
Opposite is one of the popular shopping malls (joke).
It was so hot we went for a cold drink at the Renaissance Hotel and then shopping for saris and stuff at a fabric shop. I picked up a few silk outfits for Karyn. I hope they fit, because it seems that in India, they have sizes of small, very small, very very small, and large. I hope Karyn doesn't get upset that I had to buy her size Large clothing, but every other size seems too tiny.
Just outside was a curious barricade manned by 3 guards (picture). It barricaded the footpath, not the road, and we, like everybody else just walked around it. Nobody seemed to know why it was there, but everyone thought that the guards were doing a sterling job because nobody had stolen the barricade so far.
Anyway, that's all to report for the weekend.
Anyway, that's all to report for the weekend.
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