Day 23: Hanging out with the Canucks

As we were chilling in our room trying to figure out if we should just chill out or go do something, Aisha called us to let us know that the rest of the gang was going to the German Bakery. She wanted to know if we wanted to join them and then go to their place to watch a movie. We were debating going to the German Bakery since we had already been (and it’s not that spectacular!) and the rickshaw ride there would be pretty expensive (for our new standards anyways!). So we declined going to the bakery but agreed to meet them at their place at 5pm to watch a movie. Lucky for us, they have internet at home so we’d also be able to fix my computer…or try to anyways!

So around 4:30pm we made our way over, met up with the gang and we all went out for supper at the little restaurant across the street from their place. We went back to their place and while Aisha and I watched HP, Yan and Kathleen traded pictures and movies and Yan also started fixing the computer. We went back home at around 10:30pm and of course had to argue with a rickshaw driver again who wanted to charge us Rs250 to bring us back to the hotel (when to get there we paid no more than Rs60) because it was dark outside!!

Some drivers want to charge more at night, either asking for a fixed much higher price or to go with the meter but charge at 1.5 times the regular rate. Usually there are enough drivers around that you can find one to drive you at a reasonable price but in this case, the other Canadians live in a more upscale neighborhood where all the drivers expect to be able to charge more. We finally settled on Rs100 (about $2.50) with a driver for this ride.

We made it home and prepared ourselves mentally for the early morning since school was starting, for sure this time, tomorrow morning.