It has been 6 days and I am still nowhere near close to adapting to the time change. I currently have a schedule similar to a 5 year old: exhausted and falling asleep at 8pm, up in the morning around 7am. It means my mornings tend to be pretty productive (mostly working through emails, reading, talking to people back in the States), but so far it's been hard to rally for late nights out on the town...lucky for me my flat mates for the most part are in the same boat.
In general, my days are comprised of working/emailing, breakfast, work, lunch, work/emailing, afternoon snack (chaat), work, sightseeing/shopping/exploring Hyderabad, dinner, repeat :) As you can see, there is a food theme throughout. I am trying to motivate to work "gym" into the mix somewhere...
On Tuesday night, my team took us out for a team dinner at this great place called Angeethi. It was another night of amazing food and wonderful company (my team here is so much fun and hilarious!)
My team in Hyderabad (from the left: Jay, Gina, me, Elisabeth, Lateef):
Jay & Lateef convinced us to try a local after dinner digestive "specialty" (even though the same one made Gina quite sick a few months before) called Paan. It looks lovely when served and is even wrapped in an edible leaf with edible silver, but mostly, it tasted like licorice & potpourri. Not good. But thankfully didn't make me sick.
Luckily for us, the waiters were tons of fun as well & let us borrow their amazing hats for a quick photo shoot in the restaurant:
Notice, Indians never smile in photos. They always look serious. It is intentional. These guys were getting a really good laugh about us in their hats (which sort of looked like Robin Hood took a napkin folding class), but as soon as the camera snapped, they get straight-faced & serious.
It seems entirely unfair that in India, all of the amazing hats are only worn by men. We did some shopping afterwork on Wednesday and hit up the local hotspots: Fabindia & Mebaz. Fabindia was like the India version of Pier 1. Mebaz is a famous spot known for their great styles & amazing tailor-made clothes, especially for weddings. Check out the current wedding trends for men (I'm secretly hoping these styles get picked up in the US):
Here's me modeling one of the amazing (men's) wedding hats. Looks to me like some Maharajas definitely shop here...
Elisabeth and I picked some fabric & were measured for tailor-made Kurtas (an India shirt dress worn short or long by the local stylish ladies). Photos to come I promise - and in a similar pose - once mine has is made.
Quick note, as you would imagine, there are LOTS of mosquitos here. There are also lots of amazing tools to kill them. Our favorite - and one that Gina has purchased - is the 'electrocuting-tennis racquet-mosquito-killer.' It looks exactly how it sounds. We carry it with us in the car (as they mosquitos seem to realize that biting us in the car is like shooting fish in a barrel). And yes Allison, they work on cockroaches too! I plan to bring us one back to test out on the NYC bugs.
Check out the rest of my photos: 3-3-2011_Hyderabad Fun
In general, my days are comprised of working/emailing, breakfast, work, lunch, work/emailing, afternoon snack (chaat), work, sightseeing/shopping/exploring Hyderabad, dinner, repeat :) As you can see, there is a food theme throughout. I am trying to motivate to work "gym" into the mix somewhere...
On Tuesday night, my team took us out for a team dinner at this great place called Angeethi. It was another night of amazing food and wonderful company (my team here is so much fun and hilarious!)
My team in Hyderabad (from the left: Jay, Gina, me, Elisabeth, Lateef):
Jay & Lateef convinced us to try a local after dinner digestive "specialty" (even though the same one made Gina quite sick a few months before) called Paan. It looks lovely when served and is even wrapped in an edible leaf with edible silver, but mostly, it tasted like licorice & potpourri. Not good. But thankfully didn't make me sick.
Luckily for us, the waiters were tons of fun as well & let us borrow their amazing hats for a quick photo shoot in the restaurant:
Notice, Indians never smile in photos. They always look serious. It is intentional. These guys were getting a really good laugh about us in their hats (which sort of looked like Robin Hood took a napkin folding class), but as soon as the camera snapped, they get straight-faced & serious.
It seems entirely unfair that in India, all of the amazing hats are only worn by men. We did some shopping afterwork on Wednesday and hit up the local hotspots: Fabindia & Mebaz. Fabindia was like the India version of Pier 1. Mebaz is a famous spot known for their great styles & amazing tailor-made clothes, especially for weddings. Check out the current wedding trends for men (I'm secretly hoping these styles get picked up in the US):
Here's me modeling one of the amazing (men's) wedding hats. Looks to me like some Maharajas definitely shop here...
Elisabeth and I picked some fabric & were measured for tailor-made Kurtas (an India shirt dress worn short or long by the local stylish ladies). Photos to come I promise - and in a similar pose - once mine has is made.
Quick note, as you would imagine, there are LOTS of mosquitos here. There are also lots of amazing tools to kill them. Our favorite - and one that Gina has purchased - is the 'electrocuting-tennis racquet-mosquito-killer.' It looks exactly how it sounds. We carry it with us in the car (as they mosquitos seem to realize that biting us in the car is like shooting fish in a barrel). And yes Allison, they work on cockroaches too! I plan to bring us one back to test out on the NYC bugs.
Check out the rest of my photos: 3-3-2011_Hyderabad Fun
I'm sad my first witty response somehow didn't make it onto here. At any rate, I have been keeping tabs on you and looks like you're having an amazing time! Thanks for the shout-out -- you know me too well, the first thing that came to mind was whether the "mosquito swatter" would work on cockroaches. Now you know what to bring me. That or one of those amazingly colored chicks :) Sending much love!
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