Delhi, someday i shall visit you! December 10,2007

Once again i am back in delhi! This time my impression is very different. It doen't seem as polutted and there are wonderful buildings all around but once again i did not get a chance to visit any of them!

The next morning following my arrival we drove Robine, the girl i met on the plane, to her guest house. Last night she stayed with us at Nuv's father's apartment. The guest house was in the tibetan section of delhi. An alley behind a main highway. When you entered the alley you get the impression you just changed country! The people are tibetan and the shops only sell tibetan objects!! Wow! All the souvenirs i got from tibet, i could have bought them here!

Afterwards we were informed that we had to go to a temple to witness the first meeting of her cousin's arranged marrige! The parents had met earlier this mornning to discuss the dowery. At noon they came to  an agreement and a meeting at a temple was arranged. The two futur weds, were meeting for the first time! Following the 15min meeting, both parties had to inform their parents if they agreed!!

Very different system from us!! They both accepted and we went to an engagement supper to celebrate!! Short and sweet!

The next day it took 6h just to reach the train station, sort our destination and buy our train tickets for southern india! It was quite an adventure in itself just to find tickets! Our first choice was to head to Goa, the beautiful beaches of india! All the trains were booked, we tried finding a new route and every time we had to go back to the end of the line! The men at the reservationcounter were so anal, instead of just finishing with us, they would send us back to the information counter to find a destination then we had to go back to the reservation counter to book!! What a shity system! Finally we booked to Kerela region, the extreme south of india! We will leave tomorrow at 11am for a 52h train ride!! That will be something!

Comments

[Loulou]

52 heures en train! Wow, moi qui me plaind du train de banlieue Montréal/Rigaud, je ravale mes paroles!
J'espère que les paysages seront magnifiques et que tu t'es amenée de la lecture intéressante... ou que ton voisin de banc de train est sympathique et sent bon!

Continue à nous écrire et à envoyer des photos; il est bon de te lire!

Loulou