Today was an uneventful day. Akshay and I went around town running some errands. We printed out some data sheets, permit letters and then checked a few more places for a reasonably-priced second hand scooter. After looking at the garages and showrooms we knew of and coming up blank, we went to Switz for some tea (They have surprisingly tasty milk tea, even though they never advertise it. The tea simply appears from their closed kitchen door if you ask for some).
While paying up, Akshay took a chance and asked the cashier if he knew anyone who was looking to sell their scooter and JACKPOT. He wanted to sell his own. A black Activa of the H-series, four years old. I love how accessible people can be when you're in the islands. The inhibition to approach someone new and talk about anything drops several fold.
He wanted 25 thousand for it. We exchanged numbers and I test-drove it in the evening before heading back to ANET. It rode really well. It didn't have mirrors, but that's one of the easier and cheaper things to get fixed anyway. I asked him, Naushad, to consider giving it to me for 20 k and we left each other to mull over the offers. My project funding hadn't kicked in yet anyway, so I was in no hurry to part with money.
Akshay and I got a lot of inescapable time together today - bus rides, rickshaws, tea kadais and wifi cafes. It was nice - like a reassurance of what I already knew was a good friendship with the potential to last. Too bad we're going to be working at the two extremes of the islands.
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