Week twenty five of fifty one, the half way mark is just around the corner. The first six months has been a mix bag for us but it did go by quickly and looking back it was not all that bad. Sure there were days that you think "Why did we ever do this?" but then you just go on and at the end of the day everything turns out good. Just think about it, we have made good friends with great people in the last six months and we traveled to Singapore for New Year's and spend an amazing weekend in the Maldives.
During the past week Teresa spoke to the immigration lawyers about our return and things are in place to start the planning for our return to the USA. Hopefully in the next week or so we will know if we will be staying in India for our USA Visa or if we will be traveling to South Africa to get that finalized after our year has passed. To think that at this stage this is the only major decision we have to make, who can complain about that!
The past week was not too bad, we had lunch earlier the week at a place we have not been to yet. It is called "The Serengeti" and it is decorated like an African Jungle. Similar to the "Rain Forest" in the USA for those that know it but not nearly as nice. The big let down was that they only served Indian food and there was no sign of any African dishes on the menu, but the food was nice.
We popped in at Beyond Coffee a couple of times this week for lunch, they have a great light meal menu and the prizes are very affordable. We will be going there more for lunch since it gives us a chance to get out more and that way we get to network more.
Saturday evening we had our friends, David and Nishi with their son, Ethan over for dinner. I made us Bunny Chows that I have always loved from my Durban days. For those that don't know what they are, you start of with a loaf of white bread, unsliced. You cut it into thirds, quarters or half depending on the size of the loaf of bread and how hungry you are. You can use the middle section of the bread but using the end parts are better suited for this use. You cut out the inside and take it out in one piece, fill the hollowed out bread with a curry, in this case lamb curry and place the part of bread you took out back on top. See attached pictures. It was delicious and as always we had way too much to eat!
Sunday was our normal "get spoiled" day and I had a haircut with a proper head massage. Teresa had a facial, the first one she had in a very long time. The first remark the guy made who cut my hair was "your hair is getting thin, you are going bald!" Now how do you reply to that? I just said "Well thank you for pointing that out to me". The head massage was great, he used a hot aromatic oil that he rubbed into my head and continued to massage my head, shoulders and arms for about twenty minutes. After that my hair was steamed for ten minutes, washed and dried. Teresa came out after her facial treatment and insisted that she will get this done more often. I take it that she enjoyed it.
This is another exciting week lying ahead as we should know more of what will be happening when and how with our going home plans. Stay tuned for any updates on that.
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| Don't know if he tried to safe on petrol/gas usage or if he wanted to float over the traffic but it looked funny. Anybody seen "Up Up and Away"? |
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| South African Tourism advert across the road from Beyond Coffee. "Chalo" means "Lets go" or "Shall we go" |
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| Vegetarian Pizza at Beyond Coffee, very tasty. |
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| I think that took some balancing. |
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| St Joseph Cathedral in Hyderabad. |
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| Clock tower at St Joseph Cathedral |
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| Hyderabad Railway Station |
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| Two Wheelers are multi purpose vehicles. |
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| Serengeti Restaurant, Hyderabad. |
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| Serengeti, Hyderabad |
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| Part two from previous picture. |
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| Helmets are not for head safety, don't really know what they are used for. |
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| One way, what one way?? |
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| Breakfast with a smile!! |
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| This is how you get your eggs when you order it "Over Medium", we will ask differently next time. |
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| The bread that was used for the Bunny Chows. |
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| The Curry that was used for the Bunny Chows. |
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| The "Bunny Chow" |
