The first leg of our (My daughter Kristy, son-in-law Dan and myself) journey started at Logan Airport in Boston. This was Thanksgiving Day and the airport was empty. After clearing customs we boarded our plane which had a lay-over in Amsterdam. The flight was eight hours, and was very smooth and comfortable.
After arriving in Amsterdam we had three hours until our flight to New Delhi. We decided to treat ourselves to UNO pizza, knowing we would be eating cultural food in India all week. We next passed through customs again in Amsterdam to fly another seven hours to New Delhi, India. We were now beginning to feel what it is like to be the minority in a diverse culture. I'll speak more on this topic later.
The flight was again smooth. As we passed over the Pakistani border into India the pilot announced this, one of the few announcements he made during the whole flight. It gave me a queasy feeling!
After landing at the New Delhi airport (pictures here are not allowed) we went through customs and onto the baggage claim. No problems. Next we went to a money exchange booth and changed our American currency into Rupees, the Indian currency. It is now midnight in New Delhi, 1:30 pm U.S. time. We hired a taxi to bring us to our hotel. It took two hours to go four miles!! Our taxi driver did not know where he was going. The traffic, even at two in the morning was unbelievable! There are no designated lanes and it was very congested, drivers just go from lane to lane at will. We went through a pretty scary area that was filthy and had homeless people and families in small shacks (like canvas tents) along the way.
At last we made it to our hotel, which is absolutely gorgeous, but surrounded by a downtrodden area.
The photos above show the view from our window. In the first picture you can see kids playing cricket in the courtyard between their apartments. The next picture shows a more distant view of the courtyard with the apartments surrounding them. (Jenny, you may want to use this blog in reference to our sequencing in language arts and reading.)
At last we made it to our hotel, which is absolutely gorgeous, but surrounded by a downtrodden area.
The photos above show the view from our window. In the first picture you can see kids playing cricket in the courtyard between their apartments. The next picture shows a more distant view of the courtyard with the apartments surrounding them. (Jenny, you may want to use this blog in reference to our sequencing in language arts and reading.)
1 comment:
Glad I could be your first comment and that you made it safe and sound :) As we get ready to go to Aunt Dawn's, you're hopefully in bed sound asleep! Thinking of you all every minute of the day and we can't wait to read more. Nice use of bold print words and sequencing (good way to justify your trip - ha, ha!). I'll think of you and your adventures while I'm slaving away at school:) Have fun and take lots of pictures!!!
Love, Carrie
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