So, the days have gotten away from me, so sorry I haven't been able to post for a while. I'll try to backpost and catch you up.
The days have been pretty predictable. Get up, go to work, return to hotel, sleep a little. Very little. Each night I've gotten about 5 hours of sleep, whether it be due to late work, early travel, Target.com outage, getting my schedule flipped or any combination of the above. So my world has been constrained to the office and the hotel.
Anyway, last time I mentioned the very busy traffic. Well, if that wasn't enough, I have now seen the addition of livestock to the mix. Yes, that's correct, water buffalo frequent the highways as well. I guess they have places to be as well. And, no, there is no one to take care of them. Apparently first thing in the morning the owners will feed the buffalo and care for them, then the buffalo will just mill around town for the day and return home at night.
Everything here has amped up security. At the hotel we have to stop at a security gate where guards check out our vehicle for anything naughty, and the same happens at the office. We also have two security guards that sit by the entrance to our floor, who apparently think highly of me. Every time I walk by, they stop what they are doing and stand up. I didn't really notice it for the first day or two, but it quickly became obvious. My coworkers get quite the kick out of it and give me a hard time.
One other thing that has come as a surprise is the picture below. Any guesses?
This is the Indian equivalent of a bidet. Yes, it's handheld. Next topic.
A couple of other brief observations. Litter is everywhere, unfortunately. It seems to bother the local residents, yet everyone does it. I will frequently see people unwrap something and just throw the wrapper in the middle of the street. I even saw our toll booth operator take our slip of paper, glance at it, and then throw it in the street before taking our money. It's really too bad.
Next post will be about my weekend journey to Kerela. There should be PLENTY of pictures and interesting stories. Talk to you then!
The days have been pretty predictable. Get up, go to work, return to hotel, sleep a little. Very little. Each night I've gotten about 5 hours of sleep, whether it be due to late work, early travel, Target.com outage, getting my schedule flipped or any combination of the above. So my world has been constrained to the office and the hotel.
Anyway, last time I mentioned the very busy traffic. Well, if that wasn't enough, I have now seen the addition of livestock to the mix. Yes, that's correct, water buffalo frequent the highways as well. I guess they have places to be as well. And, no, there is no one to take care of them. Apparently first thing in the morning the owners will feed the buffalo and care for them, then the buffalo will just mill around town for the day and return home at night.
Everything here has amped up security. At the hotel we have to stop at a security gate where guards check out our vehicle for anything naughty, and the same happens at the office. We also have two security guards that sit by the entrance to our floor, who apparently think highly of me. Every time I walk by, they stop what they are doing and stand up. I didn't really notice it for the first day or two, but it quickly became obvious. My coworkers get quite the kick out of it and give me a hard time.
One other thing that has come as a surprise is the picture below. Any guesses?
This is the Indian equivalent of a bidet. Yes, it's handheld. Next topic.
A couple of other brief observations. Litter is everywhere, unfortunately. It seems to bother the local residents, yet everyone does it. I will frequently see people unwrap something and just throw the wrapper in the middle of the street. I even saw our toll booth operator take our slip of paper, glance at it, and then throw it in the street before taking our money. It's really too bad.
Next post will be about my weekend journey to Kerela. There should be PLENTY of pictures and interesting stories. Talk to you then!
I don't think I would like the litter and the showers!;)
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