Mark Dalton

The personal blog of a self confessed geek!

Browsing Posts published in July, 2007

Its typical really, 4 days before I’m due to fly home and I am getting into the swing of things. Last week was a much better week. It was still very busy, but things are starting to feel more

controlled and I personally feel as if I am starting to make progress.

So yesterday I thought I’d take the day off. I had a nice lay in and a leisurely breakfast before meeting up with Laurence and heading into New Delhi to meet Chris and a few of the Indian guys for a few beers and a late lunch. It was Chris’s 40th so it seemed like a a good excuse. We started off at a place called Blues and after a cocktail and a couple of beers we headed to a local restaurant called Karims. (Check the Photo Gallery)

It was nice to hang out and get out of the hotel. Life here really does play out right in front of your eyes, and it never sleeps. I got back to the hotel about 18:00 had a couple more beers and kicked back in front of the movie channel.

This morning I woke up early but laid in bed watching cartoons. I eventually got up about 09:30 and wandered down for breakfast with the papers. After breakfast I went back to the hotel room and got a couple of hours work down and now, well i am typing this and then I am going to catch up with some personal email, and afterwards I am going to go and lay by the pool for an hour or two.

Better late than never.

It’s been a little longer than I intended between updates this week but I am finally finding my feet. The jet lag that kicked in over the weekend was still messing with me Monday and Tuesday, to add to that “Delhi Belly” finally caught up with me Monday.

So Tuesday night I came in about 19:00 had a shower and went to bed. I didn’t wake up until my wake up call at 08:00 the following morning. Since then I have felt normal and the belly is also a lot better, although not perfect.

I went out yesterday and looked at some apartments. I looked at three, all of which were furnished three bedroom places with en-suites, lounge / dinner, and kitchen’s. The first was the best an also the newest but I have asked to see some more. Otherwise it’s pretty much been work hotel sleep, work hotel sleep. So I am really looking forward to this weekend.

Oh by the way I am now not returning to the UK until the 3rd August and then I will be home for about a week.

Thankyou for the comments

Just wanted to say thanks to all the people who have left comments. It’s much appreciated. It’s funny being so far away and having all the normal human interactions, but not your families. Hearing from everybody makes it a lot easier.

Jet Lag

Okay, so I think the jet lag caught up with me. I really felt it yesterday and in the end just spent the day in the hotel room. I went to bed around
22:00 but work up again at 23:30 and couldn’t get back to sleep until about 02:00. I woke up at 10:00 this morning and forced myself out of bed and into the shower.

About 11:30 I met up with Lawrence and he showed me around the local malls and supermarkets, and explained how a few things worked. We grabbed some lunch and he got his driver to drop me back at the hotel. I’ve done a little bit of work ready for tomorrow morning, but plan on going for a swim about 16:30 when it’s cooled off a couple of degrees (Currently 37c) and generally chilling out for the rest of the day.

I really need to sort out somewhere to live and arrange a driver. You wouldn’t believe the traffic over here, it’s just mad. Dad if you imagine Vietnam substitute cars for bikes and times by 3 your pretty close.

Another funny thing is the power over here is extremely unreliable. It doesn’t matter where you are the power fails 3-4 times a day. It’s strange at first but you kind of get used to it.

India Week One

Okay so my first week, well it certainly has been busy. My alarm call is 06:30 and after a shower and a shave I head for breakfast which is either Corn-flakes, toast, coffee, and lime juice or corn-flakes, yogurt, coffee, and lime juice. After that I grab a cab to the offices which aren’t that far away arriving about 07:45.

07:45 until 09:00 is catch up email and stuff that I should have done yesterday time. At 09:00 the jaws of hell open and I enter with a smile which I maintain some how until about 21:00. I then grab cab back to the hotel where I try and eat dinner without looking at my blackberry before sitting down with my email for another couple of hours, usually heading for bed around 01:00.

Today, Saturday it all caught up with me and I laid in until 11:00 even when I did get up I just milled around the hotel room for several hours. About 15:00 I thought I better do something so I jumped in the shower and went for a stroll around the hotel.

I’m now sat in the business lounge writing this up and wondering what I can do this afternoon. I have put a new photo album in the photo gallery but at this point in time it only has the pictures I have taken out of my hotel room window and of the hotel room itself. I promise more next week.