Incredible India

We hop in a taxi after arriving at Delhi airport. Three of us in the back and lucky me gets to sit in the front. The first second is perfect until a second taxi driver squishes next to me while the other pulls my leg over the poke. Clutching more up, while he crosses through the heavy traffic, warning us tot keep distant and honk the horn. Nobody does NOT honk. It crazy, but fun and somehow works just fine. The same night we never arrive at our hotel, brought to a “tourist office” and get ripped of for a way to expensive hotel. Is India even worst than I thought?! Well, although we kept our heads coooool, the first 24h I was pretty sure it was.

We got pretty confidence with tuc-tuc rat races, negotiating prices, chaos in general, pissing monkeys (true story), indian food and the nasty aftermath of it. Incredible India (dutch commercial) is totally true. After three days Delhi, seeing the Red Fort, the biggest mosque of India, the mausoleum, Lodi gardens, Connaught place and much more. I can say India is much much more than I thought.

We left early in the morning, from the main bazaar where we were staying to the train station to leave to Chandigarh. It was great to see slide through Delhi’s suburbs and glide through rice fields. Chandigarh and Delhi are a major contrast. It was a relief to breave fresh air, able to move through traffic and paying fine prices. In general, for European standards, India is cheap. Chandigarh is a new city and designed by Le Corbusier just as countless building within the city. After checking out the city centre yesterday we finished the day to see 3 Idiots a Bollywood film. Great! As loyal architecture students we went to Le Corbusier’ work in the political centre: the high court, secretary, and parlement building. I can write a book about it, but my minutes are done.

This is totally nutshell work, I’ll post some picture in a couple of days to let them speak to you!