India

15/03/2010

Waking up in the early afternoon was certainly needed as both Emer and I were very hungover, the owner of the liquor store said we could get a refund if we didn’t like Officers choice whisky but somehow I don’t think he was going to give us a refund if we showed up with stinking hangovers and if the bottle was empty.

We met an Australian girl on the street before going into a place to grab some breakfast that was very average, both her and the food. I suppose its not a very nice thing to say about her but to be honest I don’t like meeting other Australians whilst away from Australia, it always seems like they have a now-it-all attitude.

Anyways Emer chilled in our hotel room and I repaired my camera again that took up the afternoon till we were hungry again; we went to a place around the corner getting a tiny portion of mutton curry and some rice. Still hungry we went to a bakery and filled up on pastries, whilst there we again were approached by they guys we met yesterday who we were suppose to go to a rooftop party with. A friend of theirs (Johnny) came along and told us that there was going to be a farewell party for him on another rooftop this evening promising an Aussie DJ and women. Johnny was a well dressed older guy who was going back to Australia to see his wife “that he loves dearly but wants a divorce soon”, he was in the import and export business of jewelry and precious gems and stones.

Emer and I decided to go along as he offered food and drink. Chatting to Johnny about random things while the food was being cooked he was getting wasted from whisky and water. After a little while he wanted to show us his office and some of his jewels. This was the catch, we looked at his jewels and he told us about a shortcut to avoid the excessive tax on jewels and jewelry when he imported them into Australia or 16 other countries. He and his cousin was asking us to import them for him saving him the 200% import tax.

He showed us lots of documentation of other foreigners helping him out. The amount of cash (in hand) he was offering was 15,000 EUR. Personally I’d love that type of money but obviously this was a scam. We went back to the rooftop to enjoy the food that was really good; chicken curry, mutton curry and chapattis. During this time Johnny had drunk far too much, he was absolutely wasted on whisky and couldn’t even stand straight, watching the reaction of the others at the ‘party’, all 10 of them that were his employees, none of them were surprised, apparently he is wasted all the time.

That was enough for us and we were taken back home to out guest house.