After two weeks of preparation in Feuerbach, some stressfull packing of my luggage and a two-hour-journey to the airport of Munich I finally made it...to the airport!
I have to admit that Emirates, the airline I chose for my flight to Bangalore, is one of the most service-oriented airlines I know. Great meals (and the opportunity to choose between two meals which actually were both tasty), an aisle seat, no problems with my laptop in my luggage...what could you possibly more wish for??
Well...here is at least one thing...
Next time, dear Emirates, don't pick an aisle seat right next to the children's row...especially not a row with two babies in it!! Approximately 97% of the flight both of them were crying...no, no, really...I didn't try to fall asleep...well, however, the other 3% of the time they switched continuously with making noise -.-
Alright, no complaining anymore. I finally arrived in Dubai, 11:40pm local time. A huge place, lots of different people...and at a terribly late time of the day. I tried to sleep...failed! I tried to solve some sudokus...failed! Lack of concentration after a flight with no sleep.
After boarding my airplane to Bangalore I slept...two hours, at last! At the airport I succesfully picked my cab driver, organised by Bosch. He drove me to Angel's Place, the trainee flat in Bangalore. And the trop to the flat is worth another story...
There some rules you have to obey once you're in the middle of traffic in India. First rule, disobey any rule you ever learnt. Traffic lights are neat, turn signals are only used to send Morse code or sth. else, by all means they don't use it do indicate the direction of travelling. And most important: the horn is the most effective way to communicate in traffic!! It is used in case of turning, braking, accelerating, driving towards a crossing, while crossing the crossing, after having crossed the crossing...long story short, for nearly everything! If there are three lanes, no problem, six cars are driving next to each other, side mirrors almost touching...on a single moped you can transport a whole family. Husband, wife and at least to kids! Reckless driving is as common as breathing air.
One might think that this is enough for one day...wrong. Two of the trainees in the flat took me on a 'guided tour'! We visited a lot of places. A market as huge as a small village, a lot of Rikshaw-driving, a Hare Krishna Temple and a lot more...pictures and stories to come :)
brother, first of all, WELCOME to INDIA, now coming to yo topic , yes u re right ,reckless driving is as common as breathing air(u mite hav experienced it as u hav sat behind me also :P ), but as u mite be knowing, india is de second most densely populated country in de world after china. the country is stil growing( in all verticals)so these things re bound to happen, so wat i `d lk to tel is, rather than seeing the negativ side of it, see the positive side. even during recession,during wich the european nations struggled to raise their economy,my country ws unperturbed , n u cn attribute it to the people here.even BOSCH recorded 500 crores of profit during recession in india.automotive market dint slide here as it happened elsewhere in de world. so i m sure u re gonna enjoy ur stay here in an exotic sub continent nation to de fullest,wit lots of diversified people around u.the spicy food, cultural diversity, cricket n of course us( ur indian pals) u ll ve a gr8 tym :)u ve com to INCREDIBLE INDIA :)
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