ACCOMMODATION AT LORNE

Aha - found the business center at Claridge's Hotel -- hooray for five-stars
where they put orchids on your pillows every day. Long live the Raj.

Peter Punj wild as ever; Sanjay same-same except he has become most adept
diplomat. Wedding had a most intimate crowd of about 1000 (2000?). Elder
Punj's same as ever - possibly a time warp captured them. Display of finery
was truly over-the-top. Punj's for example enclosed their entire propertya
and rather largish house in a gaily colored wedding tent, and then changed
the color of the tent and all inside decor the next day for the next
"intmate" event. Great fun. Bands. Tribal drummers. Vast buffet lines with
amazing selection of snackies and eats. Legions of wallahs assuring your
glass never goes empty and wisking away drinks even before you finish.
Anyway we had great time as part of the chorus in this cast of thousands.

Delhi smog much reduced and many other signs of incipient modernization.
Toured the Red Fort and Chandni Chowk (pedicab) old market; had chai at a
street vendor where they make it right; Rode scoot home weaving wildly
through traffic.Also hit Khan Market so to get Katie one each round table
cloth. Only moderate shopping otherwise - no space in suitcases.

Today is holi so we hanging out at the five-star to avoid usual water-bombs
colors.

Off to London tomorrow.

On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Eric Pugh wrote:

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Orange&White Boy has arrived safely at Andreea's Five Star Feral Hotel :-D Wish us a nice stay and a quiet night :-)

ON THE OTHER HAND, I wasn't able to trap either Don Juan or Tabby Girl today, and I'm getting nervous... Tabby Girl would have been really easy to trap, but she didn't show up... And Don Juan was there, but first he got scared at the sight of the carrier, and then, when I finally grabbed him, he managed to scratch me and ran away. And then, from a safe distance, he gave me a look I'll never forget :-D. I MUST get both of them in the next 48 hours, otherwise things will get very complicated for me...