It’s Monday here in Delhi and though we have been here since Sunday (arriving at the hotel at 3 am), it seems like days since we’ve arrived.\u00a0 And sitting here right now in a large lecture classroom, I’m transported back to the world I knew on Friday, and I’m not reminded that I’m thousands of miles away from home.<\/p>\n
So it’s just been a day. But I can’t comprehend that right now.\u00a0 I’ve always been aware of the greater world, but never really experienced it. Yesterday I did.<\/p>\n
I’m always so critical of those who can’t really grasp that we have so much in our country. It makes me sick when people I grew up with feel they did not have anything special, nor recognize that they had it so easy compared to the world.\u00a0 They need to come here and get a new perspective.<\/p>\n
Taking a shower here, in a modern hotel, you can’t help but feel that there are millions of people around you right now that can imagine that comfort.<\/p>\n
Yesterday we took a tour through Old Delhi.\u00a0 Where things have been the way they are for thousands of years.\u00a0 We were pulled through the area by a thin man who had a mastery of the bike that pulled us through. Literally an inch of space would separate us from a scooter, or motorcycle, or a tuck tuck three wheeled cab all moving in different directions.\u00a0 The only rule of the road is that: There are no Rules.<\/p>\n
That being said, I didn’t see any accidents or altercations, just a cacophony of horns honking in unison, and people yelling at each other about their own right of way.<\/p>\n
The smell of spice is everywhere… just like Arakis in DUNE \ud83d\ude09 And often that smell would be overtaken by another not so pleasant odor.<\/p>\n
People are everywhere, walking, riding, sitting, selling, and it seems it never stops.\u00a0 As I read before we left, we were stared at a lot. And I felt everything from pure curiosity, to the feeling of “Look at that large rich American.” But everyone has been great and I also felt like someone visiting Chicago and being scared of getting on the Red Line.\u00a0 One should be cautious and aware, but not afraid to do it.<\/p>\n
Our Rickshaw driver really just said a few things to us.\u00a0 First… after pulling us uphill he flexed his little arm and said “Strong!” And when we were stopped, I asked him his name and we introduced ourselves, he also proudly pointed to himself and said “Muslim!”<\/p>\n
I could go on for awhile, but overall, I woke up this morning feeling… Did that really happen? It all seems like a dream, and this was just day one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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