Just yesterday, I was in a rickshaw on the way to work, and my rickshaw bumped into a motorcycle. The two were each probably only going around 15 kph when they hit. Despite the collision nothing happened. The two drivers looked at one another briefly, then screamed obscenities at one another (I think) for like 10 seconds and then continued going along their merry way. No information was exchanged between drivers, and no police came by to give citations or access fees/court dates.
I have yet to see a speed limit sign in Baroda, or a policeman do anything. Nothing on the road is enforced, as people at times drive on whichever side of road they please, the poor sleep on the medians, and drivers always honk and sometimes even bump into one another. Chaos and disorder are two good words to describe the streets of India.
It has been blistering hot over here. Not one day has it rained. The lack of A/C units means the best there is to offer are fans. Spend a minute away from one, and you will start sweating profusely. Applying sunscreen is a must to avoid sunburns, but it seems to attract sweat, or at least collect it on my arms and legs. I feel like the sun is piercing my skin if I am outside anytime from noon until 4. Definitely the hottest weather I've ever experienced in my life.
I have gotten significantly tanner.
I have yet to see a speed limit sign in Baroda, or a policeman do anything. Nothing on the road is enforced, as people at times drive on whichever side of road they please, the poor sleep on the medians, and drivers always honk and sometimes even bump into one another. Chaos and disorder are two good words to describe the streets of India.
It has been blistering hot over here. Not one day has it rained. The lack of A/C units means the best there is to offer are fans. Spend a minute away from one, and you will start sweating profusely. Applying sunscreen is a must to avoid sunburns, but it seems to attract sweat, or at least collect it on my arms and legs. I feel like the sun is piercing my skin if I am outside anytime from noon until 4. Definitely the hottest weather I've ever experienced in my life.
I have gotten significantly tanner.
post some pictures on here!
ReplyDeletewhat do you mean chaos, if you ask most people of Baroda (or for that matter India), they will argue that with their driving habits they are exercising their democratic free will of action and right of free expresion. Afterall Americans could not get away by driving on the wrong side of the road, but the Indian democracy is more free and grants them that right, in fact it it also extended without discrimination to animals, such as cows, monkeys, donkeys, etc., to do as they may please. You can debate this point with all your UNC colleagues and professors. I am certain the Americans will have to rethink their claims and argumetns!
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