Search for a swimming pool

Only in India... Will it take more than 3hrs to find a swimming pool where you can swim + get a tour / buy from this factory for my commision visit thrown in by the auto rickshaw driver. So after attempting to use Uber (which is a whole story in itself for those who know me well), we end up getting an auto rickshaw/ tuktuk to take us to a swimming pool about 20mins away. We get there and find it doesn't open until 5pm (btw its around 12:30pm), so then the driver talks us into a textile factory tour (as well as a whole plan of other things) to kill time until 5pm. Lila is insistent on wanting to go to the pool...so hey we go along with it (only in India). The textiles/clothes in this place are amazing but we didn't plan on doing this so I didn't have any money with me for this stuff, so it was a pretty quick tour when they work out you have no intention of buying anything. Anyway I found another pool about 10km away...so off we go again and then eventually get there to find that its the 'boys' time and 'girls' access is 8-9am or 6-7pm! He then tells us of another pool...and the auto rickshaw driver happily takes us to this one where we find is open :) Driver nicely talks us into getting a discount (because he knows the less money that goes towards the pool, the more money he will get)...anyway so by around 3:15pm we manage to go for a swim and the look and excitement on Lilas face was totally worth it :)Read more