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In addition to Printers and Brown Sauce, HP also make petrol, and its very cheap. 39 Rupees for a litre of diesel is about 50p. Incredible savings. The government is concerned about the rising prices here (as they should be), and have taken the rather unlikely step of reducing taxation, so as not to curb demand….good old global warming will be licking his lips.

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The Siemens office can be found snuggled between the Bible society and Bible World. An interesting but profitable relationship.

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Despite more rubbish kicking around the streets than a particularly messy landfill site, this area of the city does have litter bins. Perhaps the unhappy look on the monkey’s face represents the disappointment at how few items get deposited in his steel vessel.

Monkeys should be used elsewhere on street furniture. Monkey “Give Way” signs, Monkey Public Telephones, Monkey Post Box, Monkey Traffic Lights (Monkey Pelican Crossing). The possibilities are endless really.

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This morning I asked my driver to take me somewhere that I could get some threads and beads. This lead me into a labyrinth of little streets and shops that makes up what is best described as the city market.

This place sells pretty much everything you could ever want, albeit in a rather dilapidated and second-hand-looking state. After about 30 minutes of walking we went into this dimly lit little emporium that contained lots of different fabric stores, we then went up some urine drenched stairs into a small area filled with boxes of supplies for sewing machines. Clearly my request for thread had been chinese whispered into sewing machine parts. After explaining that this was not quite what i was after, we managed to find this bead store that is pictured above. The driver, Umesh and his friend (who randomly tagged along) can be seen amongst the general squalor.

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Taken at the front of the main building from the restaurant balcony opposite, this photo was a logistical nightmare to set up. Almost everyone from all EU teams had to be invited then to get permission to take the photo was even more complicated. I had to get verbal permission, written permission, restaurant balcony permission. All came together a few moments before it started raining…

I may never stop laughing.

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We visited the 13th Floor Restaurant Bar, to eat more food, drink more beer and generally gaze at the views over the city. It seemed to be a relatively safe place to be. If you were to have the misfortune to slip off the edge of the balcony, a net would catch you and break your fall. This made me feel much more comfortable. There was no visible checking for bombs though, so should the worst happen, not even nets would save us.