Mad traffic

I am so glad I decided to stay on in Delhi for a while, it has been really interesting. The last week I have been staying with Nishant (another friend here) and 2 of his flatmates (Jessie & Abhishek) in their flat. They are great people by the way:)

Actually every person I have met so far have just been so helpful and hospitable, I hope I can return the favour later in life to either them or others. Unfortunately I haven't really got time to write about all the funny/weird things that is part of life as a foreigner, but I am getting used to the chaotic traffic and I am amazed by how well it work in spite of how unorganized it looks.

The first time I took a rickshaw I thought I wa going to get die about 3 times during a span of 20 minutes, but somehow they have become experts at avoiding hitting each other so now I am pretty relaxed about it.

However one evening I was going to the cafe with Nishant and all he had was an Enfield. It was terrifying sitting on the back of this bike through the madness that is called traffic here. However even that I am getting more used to now (as long as he drives very sloooowly :)




Me pretending to ride the bike

Anyway, I haven't really done much more sightseeing here since I get a bit annoyed with everyone hassling me as a tourist, so I have spent most time helping Sonal with some design stuff or just hanging around with the few friends I have made here. I have also tried to figure out if the embassy have got my things, but making a phone call from a lot of these STD booths is such a pain and when I finally get through they are always in a meeting?!
And there is always at least one guy on the phone next to me shouting in Hindi to the person at the other end, in addition there is the usual hustle and bustle of traffic and people chatting in general. Its almost impossible to hear if you get through to wherever you are calling.

Anyway, I am a bit sick of calling the embassy all the time, so now I'm just going to go away for a few weeks (Agra tomorrow morning) and hopefully my things have arrived when I'll get back (unless the courier company is planning on bringing it from Norway by foot that is :)