The women's team that was here all week is about to leave tonight. We had a wonderful week talking about the culture of the Indian people and how their religion is intertwined into everything within their culture and what they do on a daily basis. That filled the fist two days and we ended with two days of Pwalking/driving with a shopping day in the middle. After long trips in the car those three days the last one, yesterday, was the best. Full of excitement, near death experiences and lots of laughs we made it to dinner and then finally home.
The last trip home with the women's team can not go on without more explanation.
On our smooth trip of 4 hours in order to Pwalk and Pdrive an area that Global Connections is looking to go in everything was perfect except some sore butts, cramped legs ready to stretch and a med. student that though that he was tough driving down the wrong side of the street. Stopping, getting out of the car and then starring at us the whole time gesturing for us to go around him, ha ha. I just love some Indians. After we Pwalked and did a little sight seeing we got back into the car and started to the other city for some Pdriving. Getting down the hill top seemed like a trip in and of itself. After a little bit of driving and some picture taking a window got stuck. Trying to get it to come up manually we decided to shut off the car and let the mechanics rest for a while and then try it again. However can up with that idea, I think it was K, either has a lot of experience or is very smart with cars; I think that she has a lot of experience. Not even two seconds after this happened my seat belt locked up and I could not get it to buckle in. JP used his magical hands and with more of his experience he got it to unlock. While this was going on someone with an undisclosed name, for pride's sake, was taking a drink of her water and immediately started laughing either because of the seat belt or something that JP said, such a funny guy. A woman that is a nurse and I that has a lifeguard background sprung to the occasion ready to do the necessary things to get this person breathing again after drowning in a couple inches, if that, of water. Yet after and minute or two of coughing and gasping for air she came around and started breathing again. Mind you that we are on a hill top with the nearest body of water about a mile away.
So we get down this hill top safe and sound only by his grace.
We then get to the other town that we Pdrove in because it is in the middle of the day and it was most likely near 110 degrees outside. For all that I can remember driving area this city was safe and nothing new and exciting happened except for seeing a palace on water and the pink city. But the trip back home is a different story.
This is the part where I do not really remember a lot from because there was just too many things that happened all at once; we were doing battle and someone didn't like it, if you did not have this idea in your head yet. To give you the condensed version because I do not have a lot of time on this Saturday morning. Two black cars and too many trucks to count that cut us off, the glass of the passenger side mirror broken off by a truck that was creeping up while we were stopped. Needless to said on our way back we were constantly avoiding trucks and racing to get away from the black cars whom did not have any concept of lanes and boldly should NOT have their licence to drive in ANY country, let alone India which does seem to have any rules.
I'm sorry that this post did not have a lot of details but we have be so busy and having some fun and crazy times I have not had the chance to journal any of these nights. The goods news is that these times and memories will be with me forever because they are so crazy that I will have to go brain dead in order for me to forget what happened, ha ha.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Arrival plus a very funny story
I want to start off this post by telling you that I am very sorry for not posting anything before this. I just have not had any sort of time to spend any significant amount of time on here to do this. The Mayflower's have ran me to the ground to help me in adjusting to the time, it has helped a lot. Thank you for being patient with me.
It was a very long first day, even longer than these other four days that we have been here, spending 17 hours on a single plane for various reasons was a very long test of staying away; for the most part. Leaving Chicago around 10:20, plane was supposed to leave at 7:20, Monday night and then we did not get into New Delhi, India until 12, midnight, Wednesday morning. It was a very new experience to saw the least.
The last chance to eat beet was taken advantage of. In Chicago we went and ate at Chili's, my favorite restaurant if you didn't know, and I got the wonderful Oldtimer. Thank Him that I had it when I did because after we got on the plane around 7:10 we sat on the plane for a while and then, just like normal, the plane was going toward the runway. Just having a few planes ahead of us I thought that we were going to get out of there on time, but He had other plans. It was a great to land at night here, we wouldn't have if it was on schedule, because we went right to sleep we when got unpacked and such. Yet that was after watching about five movies, four tv shows and a video game.
Oh no!, how could I forget to even mention Indian traffic. Speed bumps are everywhere and then coming to find out that there are basically no laws, it's fun!
Ever since this first night I know rest can be from Him, I never wanted to go to sleep this much in my whole life. Even though it was on a couch and I only slept for four hours. I was rested, pumped and ready to learn more about he culture of India. Lets get it started.
It is in the morning here so I had to rush this and so I can't really tell you the whole story so hopefully I will see you when I get back to the states so that I actually tell you the whole story, it is great! We were at the mall and we parked underground, yet we did not get a parking ticket. We were waiting for one but the people working the entrance told us that we could go on ahead and get in the mall. This was our mistake. Anyways, we parked and then went into the mall. The ladies shopped and us guys went to some electronic stores and then meet up with someone he knew. So we talked until his break was over and he had to go back to work. When his break was done the ladies were already back from shopping, what a surprise, and done with there lunch. So then we got our lunch and then ate it pretty fast. After lunch we were done and so we headed to the car to leave. This is where it get interesting.
Mrs. Mayflower is expecting in August, is white and she was tired from walking in the mall all day. Remember that we didn't get a ticket when we went down to park? Well you NEED that to get out and it tells them how long you were in the mall which tells them how much you pay them. Well anyway JP gave them what it usually cost and then the guy that was taking the money asked for more, they usually bump up the price on holidays but it wasn't a holiday, but he gave them more anyway. To make a long story short they brought out the head of security for parking and he asked to see his identification and car information, we did, and not two seconds later; in fact I think that she interrupted the security officer. Mrs. Mayflower told the security man that this is NOT OK in the culture that I come from; I am calling my embassy.
Doing well and having fun; learning A LOT.
It was a very long first day, even longer than these other four days that we have been here, spending 17 hours on a single plane for various reasons was a very long test of staying away; for the most part. Leaving Chicago around 10:20, plane was supposed to leave at 7:20, Monday night and then we did not get into New Delhi, India until 12, midnight, Wednesday morning. It was a very new experience to saw the least.
The last chance to eat beet was taken advantage of. In Chicago we went and ate at Chili's, my favorite restaurant if you didn't know, and I got the wonderful Oldtimer. Thank Him that I had it when I did because after we got on the plane around 7:10 we sat on the plane for a while and then, just like normal, the plane was going toward the runway. Just having a few planes ahead of us I thought that we were going to get out of there on time, but He had other plans. It was a great to land at night here, we wouldn't have if it was on schedule, because we went right to sleep we when got unpacked and such. Yet that was after watching about five movies, four tv shows and a video game.
Oh no!, how could I forget to even mention Indian traffic. Speed bumps are everywhere and then coming to find out that there are basically no laws, it's fun!
Ever since this first night I know rest can be from Him, I never wanted to go to sleep this much in my whole life. Even though it was on a couch and I only slept for four hours. I was rested, pumped and ready to learn more about he culture of India. Lets get it started.
It is in the morning here so I had to rush this and so I can't really tell you the whole story so hopefully I will see you when I get back to the states so that I actually tell you the whole story, it is great! We were at the mall and we parked underground, yet we did not get a parking ticket. We were waiting for one but the people working the entrance told us that we could go on ahead and get in the mall. This was our mistake. Anyways, we parked and then went into the mall. The ladies shopped and us guys went to some electronic stores and then meet up with someone he knew. So we talked until his break was over and he had to go back to work. When his break was done the ladies were already back from shopping, what a surprise, and done with there lunch. So then we got our lunch and then ate it pretty fast. After lunch we were done and so we headed to the car to leave. This is where it get interesting.
Mrs. Mayflower is expecting in August, is white and she was tired from walking in the mall all day. Remember that we didn't get a ticket when we went down to park? Well you NEED that to get out and it tells them how long you were in the mall which tells them how much you pay them. Well anyway JP gave them what it usually cost and then the guy that was taking the money asked for more, they usually bump up the price on holidays but it wasn't a holiday, but he gave them more anyway. To make a long story short they brought out the head of security for parking and he asked to see his identification and car information, we did, and not two seconds later; in fact I think that she interrupted the security officer. Mrs. Mayflower told the security man that this is NOT OK in the culture that I come from; I am calling my embassy.
Doing well and having fun; learning A LOT.
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