Moti Pokey

We had a great night last night listening to music with our new friends Sander and Anook (from Holland). Once the music was finished, we played cards with the artist’s from the hotel. They knew how to play “asshole” in which the first person to play all their cards is president and the last person with cards is the “asshole”. They taught us the Hindi word for asshole, which is “pokey” and Anook was “Pokey” for the first few rounds. Then they taught us the word for big “moti”, so then we were calling it Moti Pokey and we were all laughing hysterically. The next morning, the artists were still laughing about it, saying “moti pokey…”

The next day we had a relaxing morning and then set out to go to the fort. On our way one of the artist’s invited us to his home within the colony. He started playing the bongo and it didn’t take long before someone ventured in to play the accordion, then someone else heard the music and brought their catonets and finally, someone came in to sing. We had a full house and the impromptu session was great!

We walked around the fort with Anook and Sander, stopping at the market and going into various shops along the way. I feel in the short time we’ve been here that we’ve met so many locals. We see people we know around every corner and stop to chat. In such a short period of time I feel as though we have become part of the community. We’ll miss this place and especially the people very much.