We arrived at midnight last night. After waiting for our luggage, changing our money, and going thru traffic to our friends' home, we finally headed to bed about 2 or 3 am. However our bodies are still set on Texas time so we were up early. Today we took our first ride in 'autos'. I was especially thankful our hosts daughter, who is only 17 but very experienced in the language and negotiations needed to acquire a ride in an auto. She negotiated a good price both times we took the autos - the drama was quite amusing and amazing to watch. Go to http://www.youtube.com/ and do a search for India travel - or India street travel a
nd you will probably see the green autos. There are literally thousands of them in any square block of road and they fill every inch they can wedge their auto into. If there are 'rules of the road' no one pays any attention to them. It's a free for all. Hang on! The other thing that was eye opening especially for this small town girl was when we got stopped in a traffic jam for a bit. Within minutes our auto was surrounded by children begging and selling and by a eunuch. Go to www.thingsasian.com/stories-photos/2022 to read more about this horrifying and quite sad experience. Our auto driver did nothing to prevent this form of harassment as it is a way of life here. We bought indian clothing to wear at the street market - we went from a very poor market to the most posh - you cannot imagine the poverty of both. I asked if this was typical of all Delhi and it is. There is no Hunsley Hills area. Only a small area where them embassy is located is nice. The streets are littered with beggars, street vendors, the untouchables - the traffic and poverty cannot be described - you must check out the youtube posts by others before me. We had a great time of 'sharing' this morning though with our friends here in Delhi and the friends that met us here from Cline, Texas . We sang songs, read verses and talked about what to expect, what joy it will be when we get to start next week. I'm on my way to the airport to pick up the rest of our friends whose flight was cancelled. I'll post more later.
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nd you will probably see the green autos. There are literally thousands of them in any square block of road and they fill every inch they can wedge their auto into. If there are 'rules of the road' no one pays any attention to them. It's a free for all. Hang on! The other thing that was eye opening especially for this small town girl was when we got stopped in a traffic jam for a bit. Within minutes our auto was surrounded by children begging and selling and by a eunuch. Go to www.thingsasian.com/stories-photos/2022 to read more about this horrifying and quite sad experience. Our auto driver did nothing to prevent this form of harassment as it is a way of life here. We bought indian clothing to wear at the street market - we went from a very poor market to the most posh - you cannot imagine the poverty of both. I asked if this was typical of all Delhi and it is. There is no Hunsley Hills area. Only a small area where them embassy is located is nice. The streets are littered with beggars, street vendors, the untouchables - the traffic and poverty cannot be described - you must check out the youtube posts by others before me. We had a great time of 'sharing' this morning though with our friends here in Delhi and the friends that met us here from Cline, Texas . We sang songs, read verses and talked about what to expect, what joy it will be when we get to start next week. I'm on my way to the airport to pick up the rest of our friends whose flight was cancelled. I'll post more later.'
Jane, We are from Clyde, TX, Shaula
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