woensdag 9 september 2009

Delhi-Leh and lots of stops in between

Not a single taxi knew how to get to our destination when we wanted to head for our overnight stay in Delhi.
TISS had booked 2 rooms at the Indian Center of Sciences Research (ICSR).
Yes, I forgot to mention this part but: I'm in research now. Felt very intelligent there for a while.(switched from lenses to my glasses to align the image).
The ICSR is a government owned facility that is... well, hard to find.
But it got found!
After some late night curry dinner around midnight, we were faced with 2 rooms, 3 people.
So Clai got a chance to get to know Sonam Jorghesh (from TISS) slightly better by sharing a double bed with him. Male bonding. You gotta love it.

Three hours later (and luckily I didn't wait for the wake up call that came at 4:30, the time we had to leave to the airport):

Dark, taxi, rain.
Five minutes into the drive: first stop, checking the tires.
Seven minutes into the drive: second stop, trying to put air in one of the tires.
Ten minutes into the drive: third stop, middle of the highway, everyone out of the car, flat tire, change tire.
Half awake, rain, broken tire jack.
Goodmorning Delhi.
Things are going well!

A new tire (and the deadline of a leaving plane) made our driver shift into a horribly dangerous driving mode.
But Karma once again proved to be traveling with us: we arrived in one piece and just on time.

Off to Leh. (coverage zero)





1 opmerking:

  1. ICSR and in research, are you sure you are coming back to IBM 4 weeks? But after missing a 3h sleep with Clai and a flat tire in the rain, I am sure you will.

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