Flying and waiting…
Just a few notes about my flight experience:
JFK Airport: While sitting in the lounge and waiting on my flight to leave @ 22:30 PM, I called some friends from the airport. Wonder what the weather is like in Delhi. I still cannot fully comprehend the full scale of the adventure I’m setting out to.
Heathrow: So far the experience of with the BA has been more than outstanding and I have to say that they have an excellent bike-on-board policy. No extra charges, no hassle, really worth it. I reserve my final review upon receipt of my bike in New Delhi. But I’m tired, tired, tired (Chris Rock words;) and waiting for my connecting flight to New Delhi in London. The time shifts are messing up my sleeping patterns, and the airport food is not to brag about either. Oh BTW, Heathrow airport is ‘bloody’ expensive, even by airport’s standards of overcharging…
Three more hours of this and hopefully I’ll be airborne by then. The JFK Heathrow BA flight went remarkably well. Got some sleep, food was OK and partly watched the Pink Panther movie with Steve Martin. Loved the emergency seat so I could spread out my legs;)
Can’t wait for India. Will most likely stay in Paharganj, Hotel Downtown, or Vivek. I will have a whole day to get some decent food down, buy train tickets, put my bike together, get some extra sleep and head out in the early next morning to Shimla by train.
Indira Gandhi International: Arrived in Delhi early morning, after waiting for more than an hour I have finally cleared the Immigration and Customs. I paid for a taxi and headed straight to Paharganj.
My first impressions of India:
Driving through Delhi in a cab with fully open windows feeling hot and humid early morning wind in my face quickly reminded me of what India is like: streets full of people, noise of traffic, tea stalls on side of roads, busses full of passengers, heavy smell of car fumes… Despite traveling to India before, it simply overpowers all my senses, again. But in all that chaos I sense energy and vitality that so much characterizes the modern India of today…
