so the universe really works in mysterious ways. after writing that posting yesterday where i mentioned never seeing a bar in mysore i ended up seeing two yesterday. the first i happened across while exploring near my hotel, and i really wish that i had taken a pic of it. it was quite a site seeing the 11 year old bar tender taking care of the place. the bar was open to the street and it seemed that you had to buy a bottle of something and then they would use that bottle to make your cocktail. i may try to work up the nerve to ask if i can take a pic of the situation, it was really quite funny. the second bar was below the restaurant where i had dinner later that night, it was down the same street and packed fully of people at around 7pm.

i think that the restaurant upstairs was somehow associated with the bar as the staff really wouldn’t let go until i ordered a beer to have with my meal. the restaurant itself was pretty big and the staff to customer ratio was close to 5:1 … i literally had about 5 waiters surround me while i decided on my order. they brought a big jug of water to the table and after much gesturing and explaining i thought that i managed to tell them that i wanted bottled water … of course i realized i was wrong when after taking my order they said “ok, you take beer now”. i drank 1/2 of a taj mahal and felt exhausted. i have been managing to fall asleep around 8pm every night but find that i wake up ever 1-2 hours, i think my body just gets confused by being asleep at that time.