Time to catch up on other things besides food and sightseeing. After being well trained in what to eat and how to prepare it, cultural dos and don’ts, and how to get around safely on the streets, last Monday, Rowan and I left the comfortable confines of The Mother Ship (Shrikant & Charanyas place) to step out to our own apartment. Our place is just a mile from S&C and only a mile from the Eye Institute, so we will be able to easily go on foot just about anywhere we need to go. Walking is always an adventure, so that is how we prefer to get from one place to the other when we can.
Our apartment is on Road No. 10 in Banjara Hills. The building has a sari shop on the bottom floor called Srishti, owned by Ravindra Rao, who also lives in and owns the building. He lives with his family on the top two floors of the building and we have the entire 3rd floor. The place is very clean, well kept and most importantly has a kitchen so we can cook. There is also air conditioning :O) There are 3 bedrooms. We are also provided with three houseboys who clean the entire apartment every day. They do the floors (by hand!), change the linens, do the dishes, and will bring us whatever we need, plus shop for us if asked. They are just charming and extremely polite and shy. They call us 'madam' and always knock before they enter the apartment (I could get used to this!) We are having a fun time trying to communicate with them. Ramesh is the only one who knows just a little english, so finding a common way of understanding each other is comical at times. Somehow we always seem to get through it.
Here are some photos:
Master bath vanity
Master bath includes tub and shower
on the way to the kitchen
Let the cooking begin!
Jenni with the houseboys. From left, Manju, Das and Ramesh
We have been in the apartment almost a week now and are really enjoying the place - especially the house staff and neighborhood.
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