Finding My First Proper Location!

Another day of things going not exactly to plan, but by late evening it really picked up and made up for an otherwise unproductive day! 

So we started off thinking we will do the location exploration in the city for the day, and the morning started with a lovely breakfast at Sangeeta Restaurant where I ordered myself a "mini set meal" (which came with a small masala dosa, a humongous vada, some pongal, kesari, sambhar and a couple of different chutneys) and a cup of filter coffee. 

Then things went downhill as everyone else had to rush off for some of their studio work which could not be put away. So I went back to the hotel and decided to spend some time garnishing the script with some of the things I saw over the trip so far. I modified the script and also worked some production scheduling, after which I started to get really bored. So then I ended up watching a hopeless Malayalam film which got my spirits further down. By 5:30pm or so I was so bored that I decided to get out of the room and roam around the city, while kicking myself for not having thought of this option any earlier! Seriously, why didn't I get out any earlier?! 

Anyway, so I stepped out, walked about the city (which is, by the way, supposed to be super safe especially for women!), shopped a few things for the Little One (things are so much cheaper than in Singapore) and just generally enjoyed the lovely, chilly weather. 

Soon my editor called, apologized profusely for having disappeared for most of the day, and said that we could quickly see a few locations right then, even though it is already dusk. I was all up for the idea, so he drove me to the swanky part of Abu Dhabi - the upcoming, developing Al Reem island, the magnificent Grand Mosque with its lights on (hoping to actually visit its inside before I leave!), and my most favourite part of it, a narrow stone path that went into the sea from where you could see the entire skyline of Abu Dhabi, both new and old. I absolutely fell in love with that place! 

I think I might have just found my first proper location so far, which is super duper exciting! 

We had dinner at a typical Arabian place where I was treated to khubus (their bread), some extraordinary hummus and garlic dip and "flattened", grilled chicken. It was all pretty awesome! 

On the way back, we met some of his friends - a couple with the cutest little one year old girl! I picked her up and played with her for about 15-20 minutes, during which she kept staring and laughing at me. It was so adorable!

So yes, a day that didn't go too well up until the evening but am very thankful for a beautiful evening. And tomorrow, we are going to hit the desert! Now that's gonna be exciting and hoping we would be able to lock a few more locations on that trip!