I bypassed lunch with Anand, Linda, Bill and Manish and headed off to meet up with Bindu.

It took forever to arrive at her house. Workers had dug a giant hole in the middle of the road and we (Shanta – my driver) and I drove through a number of back alleys in an attempt to find a route to her house. Once we arrived, we picked up Bindu and headed out shopping for Gold.

Originally, I had planned to pick up matching 22k gold rings for Drew and I to use at our renewal of vows ceremony. Matching men’s and ladies rings aren’t common in India, however, many people had told me that rings weren’t difficult to have made – I just needed to pick out a style I liked and they’d make a mans or woman’s ring to match it. Unfortunately, things didn’t turn out that way. I finally narrowed my choices down to two very nice rings only to be told that the rings were originally made in Singapore and that the jewelers’ staff wasn’t skilled enough to make a second ring. In order to have one specially made and imported from Singapore, I’d have to wait up to two months. Guess we’ll be falling back on our original plan of Celtic rings imported from the UK…

However, I’m not about to turn up my nose at jewelry made in 22k gold for approx 17$ CDN a gram. I just have to find a suitable bracelet or chain for Drew, and pick out something nice for myself while I’m at it. Since we’re running short of time, we’ll be returning to shop for gold another day.

I drop Bindu off at home and head off to work. I’m beginning to think I might have to start paying rent for my space in this building – for all the time I’ve been spending here!

Anand has graciously volunteered to assist me in picking something suitable for Drew on the jewelry front.

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