Sam covered Day 1 and our travels to India in great detail. The most panic was in the Minneapolis airport at the check in counter when they said we needed to change flights because of the weather. This then made us worried that we would miss our other two connection flights; however, we made it! Lufthansa flights are much nicer than United Airlines. We were taken much better care of on those flights. They gave us hot towels for our faces and two meals plus a snack on our flights, which were around 6 hours. I definitely recommend Lufthansa over any US airline.
After the chaos Sam described at the Delhi airport, we went through the exit doors of the airport to enter a fog filled foreign country. Horns honking, men in turbans, people shouting in a different language, guys staring, and symbols on street signs that none of us can understand…at that point we asked each other, “What are we getting ourselves into?” We still are not quite sure the answer to that question, but we do know that it is an experience of a lifetime and already have memories we will never forget.
The time change is 11 ½ hours and difficult to get used to, but we managed a whole day in Delhi on less than 5 hours of sleep. As Sam said, Aditya met up with us earlier to show us the M-Block Market. He was very helpful also in showing us how to cross the street in Delhi and survive. “I refer to the traffic here as ‘organized chaos.’ You just have to look for the biggest gap between cars and hold out your hand so they stop,” he said. His tactics worked and “organized chaos” is the best way to describe such a scene. You really have to witness it to understand completely.
Tomorrow we travel to Varanasi. Many more adventures to come we are sure. We are looking forward to the next few weeks!
Until next time,
-Ashley
After the chaos Sam described at the Delhi airport, we went through the exit doors of the airport to enter a fog filled foreign country. Horns honking, men in turbans, people shouting in a different language, guys staring, and symbols on street signs that none of us can understand…at that point we asked each other, “What are we getting ourselves into?” We still are not quite sure the answer to that question, but we do know that it is an experience of a lifetime and already have memories we will never forget.
The time change is 11 ½ hours and difficult to get used to, but we managed a whole day in Delhi on less than 5 hours of sleep. As Sam said, Aditya met up with us earlier to show us the M-Block Market. He was very helpful also in showing us how to cross the street in Delhi and survive. “I refer to the traffic here as ‘organized chaos.’ You just have to look for the biggest gap between cars and hold out your hand so they stop,” he said. His tactics worked and “organized chaos” is the best way to describe such a scene. You really have to witness it to understand completely.
Tomorrow we travel to Varanasi. Many more adventures to come we are sure. We are looking forward to the next few weeks!
Until next time,
-Ashley
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