Hip Resurfacing In India

Monday at the Park

Took another Ambien at about 5am to ensure I'd sleep. It worked again. I woke at 8 to a call from Mohan from Apollo Hospital telling me they planned on picking me up on Wednesday at the Park for a 10 am departure and checkout to head to the hospital. Good. That's set. Back to sleep to be awoken at about 10:30 - 11:00 by housekeeping. I told him (yes, him) that I'd pass today. I may now regret that as I will likely use up my water bottles and will need to use one of the "for purchase" evian bottles on the table. Hmmm, 280 Rupees/44.7 = $6.26. Dang. I bet if I knew where to go I could get one of them on the street for 2 Rupees...

Went to the workout facilities to check it out, stayed to use the dry sauna and hottub. But the hottub wasn't so hot (like 90 degrees?) and the steam room wasn't very steamy. But I can understand that as I was pretty much the only one in there and they conserve energy around here if something isn't used. So everything was pretty much powered down. That's OK. The dry sauna was wonderful, hadn't used one for a while so it worked pretty well to suck the Ambien out the pores and to shake the fog out of the head. The floor also had like 10 massage rooms, each I guess with a different type of massage. The strangest was a wooden table that I guess has a dripper that drips on you forehead as you get a massage. Interesting. Also got a look at the pool - very nice, probably 20m, outside. I'll take some shots after lunch. Speaking of lunch, I'd better look at the guide and see what I can find. I did see a very small restaurant next to the pool (but inside) called Aqua, may go there. Hmmm... where is that hotel guide.

Ate at the Thai restaurant in the lobby - it was great! Got the buffet for 425, which is like $9.50. Awesome. Curry fish and curry lamb, some awesome salads, and some soup. The soup was at like a soup-bar where there was all kinds of stuff to choose from. The Chef must have realized I was trying to figure out what went with what and such. He grabbed a cup and started putting some of everything in it. Not that that is what I would have done, but it was great. I then went into the gift shop. Definitely a 5-star type of shop. Very fancy, but even with the 5 star pricing, a purse I was eying for Katy was only $30. (No, Kat, I didn't get it... yet).

Went to the pool to take a couple of street shots. Enjoy. Also, the man at the gift shop said there was a mall about a 2k walk, 4k car ride away. Hmmm. Too hot to go now (about 100 degrees, 100% humidity) but maybe later...

posted by Russell Kappius @ 2:50 AM