Gandhi G day in BLR

Woke up a bit sweaty, the way you do when you break a fever. I dont think I am sick, but I wasn't in the mood to get up and start the day. After breakfast I hung around the hotel room until 1pm.
Finally feeling better, I decided to take a walk to Brigade Rd. to do some shopping.

Brigade Rd. is about a 20 minute walk from my hotel. Its about 3 blocks of shops; some American stores, and many Indian stores with American style things. Bought some pashminas, and found a store where I might get some clothes made. Got some toothpaste and a chocolate bar at a supermarket there. After a couple of hours walking about, I returned to the hotel to drop the stuff I bought off.

On the way back to the hotel I started up a conversation with an auto-rickshaw driver. Based on some things he said, I decided to venture out to go on a little mission. We ended up at a craft shop that had much nicer things than the Brigade Rd. shops. 30 minutes and 25000 rupees later, I was back in the auto-rickshaw with a silk rug, some peridot earrings for Missy, and a small sandal wood box. All hail Gandhi G. day, as there are no taxes. No alcohol either, but thats not an issue for me.

I didnt have my credit card with me for some reason, so the guy from the shop rode back to the hotel with me so he can run the credit card; there was no way they were going to loose the sale. On the way back to the hotel we made a pitstop, back to what my original mission was. Unfortunately a few minutes later and coughing, I decided to call the mission a failure.

Still trying to get over the jetlag, I went to the gym for the 3rd day in a row in the late afternoon. This time, now that I have got myself warmed up to working out, after a 30 minute cardio warmup, I hit the weights. Back to my room, did some work, took a shower and then ate dinner in my room again.

No alcohol on Gandhi G. day, but doesn't apply to the minibar... good day in blr.