Delhi

I am going to give a brief overview of my short time in Delhi since I am running out of time before I have to go to a movie for school...

I wake up early ready, positive and charged. Once I am reunited with my classmates, my friends Nicole and Sophie decide to take me on a walk around our hotel in the Karogh Burgh district before we go into town to as they say "prepare me" which at the time couldnt fathom what they meant. The minute we step outside i realize ALL EYES ARE ON US. Its crazy, there are no sidewalks, and the right of way is whoever is might over right. ALl the men are hollering at us and I had to immedietely re adjust my additude.
Since Delhi is so busy we had to decide on groups of 4 to do things in. My group wanted to go to the Loti Gardens so we got a rikshaw! First time ever, have a video of that one...it broke down!!

Anyway the Loti Gardens were beautiful, we chatted with the locals and made some children friends who loved to chant my name... The we walked to a market and ate at a nice chinese restaurant. Since we were the first customers and in India that like a good omen to be that they gave us free warm chocolate cake. mmmm
When back we decided to go out to get clothed, so we went shopping and found out we are queens of bardering. Ate at the hotel that night since it was New Years Eve and spent midnight on the roof watching fireworks. We wantd to go out but the hotel guys said you had to book the clubs in advance since it was new years and there was nothing else going on..

Day two:
Slept in Nicoles room that night. We eat breakfast at the hotel and then jsut had a chill time reading, eating watermelon and such on the roof. At three ppl were going to get together to play cricket with the local children but we wanted a bite to eat first so decided to get a rikshaw and for once go out just us. Had the craziest, busiest time and through that trip that lasted way longer than we wanted, it suddenly hit me i was in India.

basicully we were really happy to leave Delhi in the end.
In Delhi it is so busy, so brutal almost. We couldnt really even feel safe aat the hotel because if you were nice to the workers they would try and get into your room or somthine. They were always lurking.. I also had this constant feeling that everyone was out to get me.
All this I think has developed because of Delhi's situation. It is one of the poorest cities in India. I also is very polluted and over populated. This feeling that people are always out to get you could be because they have this sence of competitiveness and rule of survival they must live by. They are so poor and the government doesnt help them, the government just manipulates them and keeps the poor, poor and the rich richer. If you are poor, you need to find a means of survival and since everyone is selling the same thing they must get their moneys worth in any way possible. Then it is the obvious reason why us white woman are so lusted after. If you jsut turn on the television you will see skin lightening creams all over the comercials and such. Globalization had taken over India and Delhi is a perfect example of that.

I think I will have more free time soon so I will then write about my times in Ahmedabad which have been a whole different, better experience than Delhi which i think has to do with the fact that there arent as many people, there are alot more releif groups and also the prominent BJP is covering up or "cleaning" it up more...

Keep on Keepin on
Maya