So we started off from Andheri (after picking up Nam from the airport, haggling over how we were going to get to the Royal Palms, and adjusting my hair a million times to ensure it looked spiky enough to go with “spiky-haired boy” look I’d written about earlier in some post you won’t be able to find in this huge blog with a lot of pictures and this ridiculously long sentence which refuses to end but goes on and on because my fingers are addicted to it. Ahhhh! Nam just whacked me on my spiky-haired head to stop rambling! Dammit.).

Yes, where were we?

We started off from Lokhandwala (not Andheri! And no this bracketed sentence is shorter!)! 3 bags, a tripod and 2 backpacks (1 Victorinox and the other a Kata!)

GDC poster in the Palms Hotel lobby!

We got on a buggy to get to our Villas!

Nam was really scared of sitting in the buggy going backwards, she kept thinkin she’ll fall off!

And…the villa!

The swimming pool outside is quite awesome!

But then, it faces straight onto the Imperial Palace - this is voyeur heaven!

Nam really liked the chottu lamps near the pool

But she hated these really weird mural

Anyway, we headed off to dinner. Met all the Top 12 teams, except one team, the 3 judges, the HML Marketing Head (Pritam), the blog-god Sandip, Rajesh n Rajeev from GDC, the Encompass Team and had an absolutely great time!

This is the only photo from the dinner/drinks that we have. Most of the teams are easily recognizable in this shot though, we swear!

Dinner was great to boot, though Nam kept reminding me of the darn obstacle course day after and kept pullin me away from the great desserts. :(

And now we’re back in the room blogging this, preparing for the “route discussion” and feeling ultra-sleepy.

On that note, goodnight, Godbless and we’ll see you tomorrow with all the updates!

Cheers!
Joe