Ahmadabadman

We arrived in Ahmadabad whilst still in recovery mode, but it didn't matter, there wasn't that much to see here :(

We took a long walk around the city checking out the mosques and the lakes. We also walked through an open air museum (fancy term for outside) which had a display of the kind of villages that you find within India, such as a desert village (Jasailmer, were headed there soon) and a fisherman village (Like say Kochi, which we've already seen). It was nothing too spectacular though.

During our long walk we passed a police station. There seemed to be some activity going on outside because a crowd had formed (Nosey Indians = Entertainment) We went for a closer look and witnessed a young lad of about 16 getting the rawest beating of a lifetime. A bystander told us he had been caught cheating (stealing, to you and me) so he was due his punishment. This involved being held over a railing by his hair by one man (not the police either, they just watched like us) and being caned on the booty with a rather mean looking piece of bamboo by another man. It was harsh, double handed swings. He will not be sitting down for a very long time I suspect. Lesson learnt - Dont cheat!

We visited the market place to buy some head scarves (not for us) and we took absolutely ages. We both hate shopping, so shopping for Indian womens clothes was quite an enduring task.

After shopping we just decided to relax at the hotel and watch television. On India VH1 they had a hiphop programme on, and after a song during the break they had 'how to speak street', which taught you some street slang. We were crackin up at this show, some of my favourite lessons were:
Crunk - To have a good time.
Booyah - After a victory.

And my personal fave;
Fo' shizzle ma nizzle - For sure my friend

Remember this street slang and you'l get far in da hood.