Day 7: (Aug. 21st continued)
Rosie and I got a taste of what was to come on our way to the market. There was a traffic jam, quite typical, but a small sandstorm. We covered our heads and faces in our dupatta (scarf) and forged through. It was definitely the calm before the storm as I purchased the necesseties for the weekend, water, crackers, and NUTELLA!!!
After work we made preparations for our weekend Adventure to Jaipur (in Rajastan) and Agra. For 10,000 rupee Chantelle hired us a taxi (but think really nice SUV that fits 6 + driver) for the ENTIRE weekend. I'll let you do the conversion, but it was really cheap.
Waiting for the taxi the storm began... intense winds and rains that knocked over trees in our apartment complex. We rushed into the taxi and met our driver, Nermil Singh, who expertly drove us through the floods. Traffic continued through rushing water. Bikers, motorcyclists, cars, and even a horse were on the road dodging stalled out cars and pedestrians. It was quite a scene. The next day I learned that the monsoon lasted 45 minutes and took off part of the New Delhi airport's roof.
We journeyed 5 hours to the Trident hotel in Jaipur, then comforably settled in to the posh hotel, where even toilet paper could be flushed and you could take a shower without flooding the entire bathroom. What luxuries!
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monsoon sounds scary!! but, i bet it was really nice to finally get to that hotel :)
ReplyDeleteActually I heard it was a cyclone... much worse than a monsoon. But it was kind of refreshing to clean everything up!
ReplyDeleteIt did feel kind of a strange to wake up and work in the slums and then end the day in a luxury hotel. We kind of rationalize it as helping the economy here...