Wednesday, May 11, 2005
We rode all over town today
I waited for Jillian at the airport. When we reunited from our split airplane travels, she and I rode to a hotel to stay until we had the host family arranged. We felt really out of place. Really wierd and as if we didn't belong at all. No other westerns were about, and people were oozing out of the pavement to ask us if we wanted a ride or to buy something. I felt very ackward and excited at the same time.
So we hid in the hotel for a bit. Went up and down the stairs. Took our first picture together (it didn't turn out so well, so we took another--this time with a flash.) Then off to next door at the internet cafe.
And what to our wonderous surprise should we discover? Why there's an email saying the host family we will be staying with has been waiting to see us since six in the morning! So after 1 and a half hours at the hotel, we check out and taxi to the family. Total cost: Rs. 700 (hotel) + Rs. 300 (taxi), where US$1 = 42 Rs. (Rupes)
Taxi rides are always very fun in Indian traffic. Unless you're one with a weak stomach.
So we hid in the hotel for a bit. Went up and down the stairs. Took our first picture together (it didn't turn out so well, so we took another--this time with a flash.) Then off to next door at the internet cafe.
And what to our wonderous surprise should we discover? Why there's an email saying the host family we will be staying with has been waiting to see us since six in the morning! So after 1 and a half hours at the hotel, we check out and taxi to the family. Total cost: Rs. 700 (hotel) + Rs. 300 (taxi), where US$1 = 42 Rs. (Rupes)
Taxi rides are always very fun in Indian traffic. Unless you're one with a weak stomach.
