Someone Call the Fire Department!! (Nov 5)

We ordered room service today and ate breakfast on the veranda sitting in the sun. We watched the lizards warm themselves in the sun and relaxed.
After sunning for a bit, we did yoga on the veranda, looking over the garden. Living the life of leisure is getting pretty comfortable!

Off to do some more blogging and get caught up. The walk from the hotel has a section where there are stone walls on either side of the road and large trees creating deep shade. One side has a forest reserve and the other side is a variety of homes, gardens, etc. On the walk down I heard something and looked up. It was a very sizable monkey just sitting in a tree. Then, when I started to look around, I realized it was an entire family, babies and all. They were just sort of hanging out. I wanted to get a photo but they were a bit camera shy.

We met Achariya for lunch at 2 at Chopsticks. Achariya told us that Kuku usually brings the kids to this restaurant when he's on his school trips. We recounted some of the stories from the hike that Achariya had missed and talked about places to do short hikes nearby. We also wanted some advice on booking a bus to Dharmasala (our next stop).

As we were sitting in the restaurant a bit of an altercation broke out. I'm not sure what was being said but there was a man with his wife, child and infant. They had ordered a beer - I'm not sure if they were ordering food or just hadn't done it yet. The man started arguing with the waiter and poked him a couple of times. Achariya said he didn't want to pay for the beer. I don't know what the guys problem was but he seemed to be acting like a bit of a jerk from my perspective.

After lunch, Achariya took us to a travel agent to introduce us to his friend. When we decide to move on we can go there and be assured that we'll get a good bus at a reasonable rate.

More wandering, more internet, dinner and back to the hotel. We had wood tonight for the fireplace to warm the room up and take the chill off (how romantic!) Well... it was supposed to be romantic. The fireplace was a pretty old design so we ended up with so much smoke in the room that we had to open the windows and door to clear the smoke... which let the cold air in!
Once we had a good blaze going, the draw was enough to clear the air and eliminate the smoking problem enough that we could close the windows and warm the room. Whew!



Snuggle under the super heavy blankets... sleep...