ANOTHER POST. What is WRONG with me?
Okay i bet you are all wondering how 'playing cards with the cute jeep driver' went?
Well, i guess that's for me to know, and you to find out.. (or never if you aren't privy to knowledge of that type).
Okay we are in Amritsar.. to see a golden temple.. WE ATE IN A RESTAURANT LAST NIGHT.. im drooling at the thought. Oh yeh and our sleazy travel agent took us to the intercontinental hotel in Srinigar to eat.. i was like pfft, this does not compare to the luxury i have seen. haha lol!
OMG i have been so audacious. I know mum#2 told me not to be, but it has just been hilarious. See the family in Srin (Srinigar) looked at me as the white girl who said what she wanted. The men all knew i could see through them, and for that reason they all reverted to Kashmiri around me and called me "ant" because i was getting under their skin (in the bad way). Basically at dinner, the travel agent (it is his family) offered us all beer or a soft drink. People politely said yes please. I said no, could i have white wine. NOW I ONLY SAID THIS (and he exchanged a look with his counter male part) because he offered it the other day, and because he is a sleaze, and because we both dont like eachother, and because there was nothing he could do but say yes and because if you can't have Chutzpah in that situation, then when? I have to say it was hilarious.. and at the end he said to me "I need you help" and indicated to Sarah. Like i was gonna help him get Sarah. I replied "There is NO WAY i will ever help you (why? he asked) and you know exactly why". And then i got into the jeep. Suffice it to say it has been a huge game in Srinigar, but Sarah and I played well - I play Audacious and Sarah plays innocent. It's great.
Okay gotta run!
1 comment:
Dear Nechama,
I don't know what to say about what you wrote regarding the shenanigans of relations with your tour people or whoever they are. I assume you both have been firmly in control of the situation throughout and would know immediately if your control was slipping.
Suffice it to say, I hope you are in different circumstances now and continuing on a journey which sounds like the stuff of future legends. What a blast you must be having!!!
My love to you and also to Sarah. I'm sure you are great for each other and we are managing here fine without you...for the time being. I think Rosa has adjusted very well to having her own little kingdom...which consists of a two room apt (yours is her favourite room, I believe) . In fact she expressed (not to me so it's hearsay I admit) some concern about relinquishing your room when you get back.
I reneged on my three hours a week contract with Rosa in the second week. She gives me her puppy dog look of abject betrayal which I shrug off casually all the while feeling tremendous guilt which I successfully suppress. Yesterday I addressed the issue quite callously I think saying, "well Rosa, you must admit it was a bit unrealistic at the time" laying the blame squarely and wantonly on her little shoulders. So amoral am I when caught in a jam!
Anyhow, as everyone in the universe is able to read this...including little Rosa...hi Rosa! There's nothing here you didn't already know so don't carry on about it please!
Oh, Nechama, I'll say goodbye to my excessive stream of consciousness now...don't want to take you away from your adventure for too long.
Lots of love from Mother#2 (love the appellation and love you too!)
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