Just what was ordered

Time marches on at Candolim beach. The beach hut-el-ais have almost filled up. The average age of the beachniks today is a lot less than yesterday. Friday it seemed to be in the early 100's but today the crowd is down into the 30's. I imagine that could be due to a large influx of people from the working class who cannot get away during the week. The beer started winding its way out of Deva's to an anxiously waiting clientele quite early for a Saturday from my experience. I had a cheese and veggie sandwich with the crusts cut off. It was very nice with a hard-boiled egg on the side. I had 2 cups of coffee with milk but forgot my most prized possession at the beach ... hand sanitizer.

So what's left in store for the last 3 and a bit days in India? I do want to still accomplish the following:

• one last visit to Charminar ... maybe
• one excursion into a shop in Hyderabad to score a traditional colourful cotton outfit ... mandatory if someone at work can fit this in
• conference call with the Pythian India staff on Tuesday ... scheduled
• experience being oncall in India ... scheduled for Monday
• lunch with Aditya who missed the extravaganza on Friday ... to be scheduled
• a Buddha keychain for my youngest ... if easy to find
• a scheme to unload my leftover Rs. ... to unfold if necessary, making sure I take enough home to distribute to grandchildren, Paddy and Sean M.
• one last set of sightseeing around Hyderabad on the way to places by auto-rickshaw ... inevitable
• preparation of final trip report for Rob ... self-imposed deadline of Thursday with prep before my departure
• experience the unforgettable ambience of India ... a pleasure to behold

A night at the Katriya ... $65
A large Kingfisher (cold?) ... $2.40
A scrumptious order of fish and chips at Deva's ... $3.60
Three + weeks in India ... priceless

With all of this and the previous post's banter, I pretty much accomplished what I had hoped to on my 3-day journey to Goa ... do nothing. I had other plans for these three days but, due to an event of which some of you are aware, "nothing" has turned out to be more appropriate/fitting considering the circumstances.