Seem to over my jet lag already! Woke up at 6am to visit the bathroom and then just dosed till 8am. Again just lazed around the apartment till India came up, we compared shopping lists (its amazing the amount of stuff you miss if its not there, like a tin opener that works!) Come 12, me, India and Lucy decided to go shopping!
First of all though we had to walk about 10 mins to get to an area where we could get a taxi. Needless to say it was boiling hot, you know what they say about mad dogs and Englishmen! The first taxi that stopped wanted to charge us 10 Rials (about £13) which didn’t seem bad to me but Lucy said ‘no’ too expensive and walked away. She then stopped a taxi/bus and asked how much to the main hypermarket and that was 500 Baisa (about 65p) each…….guess which one we got! Anyway we got to the Carrefore Hypermarket and started our shopping, with the amount of stuff we all got we would have needed a taxi/bus just for the stuff! But we got 2 taxis for 8 Rials, so if any of you are coming out remember to barter and never pay more than 5 Rials (and that includes the tip!) By the way 5 Rials is about £6.50p)
After getting back to the apartment we spent some time chilling out again, well mainly I was playing with my new laptop (prices aren’t bad a little cheaper than the UK). Then we decided to got to Mutrah Souk (this is like a market) and this is where Lucy really came into her own! Boy can that woman haggle……even the shop keepers ended up laughing! But she did save India a fair bit of cash! After the Souk we decided to have something to eat and chose a small café on the seafront. Nothing special you understand and I had a local kebab and absolutely gorgeous mango fruit drink all for ………………wait for it………………….about £1.70p ! The local are very friendly and are not out to ‘get what they can’ (unless your in their shop!) but will chat to you and even help you learn some Arabic sayings, the girls had a great time and had lots of people laughing at their attempts at saying things! Even the taxi drivers are very friendly and you don’t feel crowded by them (but don’t forget to fix your price first, then after that if you give them a tip they feel it’s for a job well done!). Again the girls felt tired so we came back to the apartment block and me and India had a quick nightcap on the terrace just chatting and looking out over the city.
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