Surreal night in Dehli
Maybe it was because of the sixteen hours of flight, or that I haven't really been outside and walked around yet but this whole trip still seem unreal to me..it hasn't really set in that I am in India and that I will be here for three weeks. The suite we are staying in is really nice and except for the slightly odd shower arrangements and the servants we have to cook for us in the suite this could be almost any American hotel room or suite.
The sights that I saw on our drive from the airport to here are not what I expected from a major city like Dehli, it is very spread out land is not utilized as completely as it is in the U.S. there are so many places that in America would have 16 story high rises built on them that here are low sprawling buildings with housing or markets in them. I saw my first sacred cow walking on the concrete median strip between the two lanes in the opposite direction of the cab it was appropriately white and looked almost ghost like in the dark. The contrast of the very rich and very poor living side by side was immediately apparent when we passed the house of the the Prime Minister and there were 5-10 families sleeping on the grass and sidewalks in front of his residence. It's much different than Peru was, the poverty is so much more visible and sriking.
Tommorow we have our first full day in Dehli only one here at the beginning before we return for two days at the end of the trip and I have no idea what to expect.
posted by Stephanie | 3:00 PM
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