Friday, February 27, 2004
Greetings from Delhi
After a long, arduous plane trip, K. and I finally made it to New Delhi on Thursday morning. I had heard terrible things about the airport, but I was pleasantly surprised. It was not too nasty at all, unlike Mumbai, that pit of hell. We quickly got our luggage, and luckily the driver was waiting for us.
The hotel itself is pretty nice, but the rooms leave a little to be desired. It's as if they remodeled all of the world's Le Meridien hotels and put the worn out furniture in here. My room has two twin beds pushed together. Every time I get in bed, they roll apart. My shower's a little messed up too. We have big upholstered chairs for desk chairs, and today K. fell through hers when she sat down. Nice. The internet is very slow. But what can I expect... it's the third world! The French restaurant in the hotel, which I was eagerly anticipating, is closed for renovations. But we went to the rooftop restaurant instead, and it was yummy.
Today we went to visit the outsource partner we have here. The people were very nice and treated us to a yummy Indian meal. The restaurant was showing the Zee Cine Awards, and we got to see such Bollywood stars as Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, and Shah Rukh Khan performing or speaking. The whole thing was pretty cheesy, but they did have some nice singing and a fundraising drive. It was interesting to see this awards show right before the Oscars (which I will watch at 6:30am on Monday). Very different shows!
Tomorrow, the outsource center is having a celebration, and we're invited. Afterwards, we're going shopping and sightseeing. Sunday is a trip to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. So I'm going to be a very busy girl this weekend.
After a long, arduous plane trip, K. and I finally made it to New Delhi on Thursday morning. I had heard terrible things about the airport, but I was pleasantly surprised. It was not too nasty at all, unlike Mumbai, that pit of hell. We quickly got our luggage, and luckily the driver was waiting for us.
The hotel itself is pretty nice, but the rooms leave a little to be desired. It's as if they remodeled all of the world's Le Meridien hotels and put the worn out furniture in here. My room has two twin beds pushed together. Every time I get in bed, they roll apart. My shower's a little messed up too. We have big upholstered chairs for desk chairs, and today K. fell through hers when she sat down. Nice. The internet is very slow. But what can I expect... it's the third world! The French restaurant in the hotel, which I was eagerly anticipating, is closed for renovations. But we went to the rooftop restaurant instead, and it was yummy.
Today we went to visit the outsource partner we have here. The people were very nice and treated us to a yummy Indian meal. The restaurant was showing the Zee Cine Awards, and we got to see such Bollywood stars as Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, and Shah Rukh Khan performing or speaking. The whole thing was pretty cheesy, but they did have some nice singing and a fundraising drive. It was interesting to see this awards show right before the Oscars (which I will watch at 6:30am on Monday). Very different shows!
Tomorrow, the outsource center is having a celebration, and we're invited. Afterwards, we're going shopping and sightseeing. Sunday is a trip to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. So I'm going to be a very busy girl this weekend.
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