The Pause
I am not a very good negotiator. Although, you don’t have to take my word for it, just ask the lady who runs the laundry service about a block from my apartment. Where I come from in America you don’t need to be negotiator. Everything is a set price. Its not like you can walk [...]
The Agra Fort and the Taj Mahal
We took the 6 am flight to Delhi. By about 9:30 am we had all gotten our bags (I actually got mine this time) and were packed in for our 4 hour journey south to Agra, the one time Capital of India and the home of the famed Taj Mahal. My original plan [...]
Cattle in the marketplace
I’ve always thought it hilarious that Indian people chose the most boring, domesticated, compliant and stupid animal on earth to adore, but already I’m seeing cows in a while different light. These animals clearly know they rule and they like to mess with our heads. The humpbacked bovines step off median strips just [...]
Hardrock Cafe
Hard Rock
For some reason a few of the people in the group wanted to go to Hard Rock Cafe in Mumbai. After a pretty full day, just about anything would have sounded like a good idea. We were at this shop and evidently the driver was told that we could get to the Hard Rock [...]
Bombay
For a weekend trip it was decided that we go to Mumbai, or before 1994 what was called Bombay. Mumbai is about a 4 hour drive from Pune. Hitesh, one of my coworkers has family living in Mumbai so the plan was to meet up with her and she would show us around. [...]
Floppy with Dreams
Everyone seems to drive with one finger on the horn and another shoved high up a nostril. The highway soundtrack is a chaotic symphony of deep blasts, staccato honks, high-pitched beeps, musical notes and a weird duck drone. Its as if Delhi is blind and driving by sound-except it seems many are deaf. [...]
Casual Observations
The office is about a twenty minute cab ride from the Deccan Rendevous, the hotel we are staying at. The office buildingitself is pretty typical. That first morning we all enjoyed a nice breakfast and made it in to the office around 9. Its interesting because things get going here so much [...]
Top 5 things about losing luggage in Delhi
5.) Get the chance to talk with a lot of interesting people who work in the baggage services industry.
4.) Really good answer for when someone asks the otherwise uncomfortable question: “Didn’t you wear that shirt yesterday?”
3.) The Jokes.
2.) Save tip money getting to the hotel.
1.) Lots more time in the mornings that would have normally [...]
