rules for rickshaws: sit in the middle
at 2:45am on Monday, 7th November 2005
From the back of a rickshaw, poise goes out the window. As our first test of character at the start of a 3-week research trip for Atlas of Ideas, we headed to Old Delhi. 2 rickshaws, 2 bicycles, 1 'son et lumiere' show later (the history of India in 1 hour, anyone??), we'd had enough wild rides to last at least a week. But I think we liked it, so there may be more. And yes, we did see a monkey sitting on a streetlight (a very brave monkey, in my opinion). And no, not all of our photos will be this out-of-focus.
We've been here for less than 24 hours, but the trip looks promising. Balmy weather, the much-awaited India R&D 2005 conference, meetings with an impressive list of policy-makers, and a vodka bar within stumbling distance. The only alight worry is that half of this floor of the hotel is under renovation, and there is a very strong solvent smell seeping into the hallway (what ARE they doing with all those chemicals exactly?)
Oh, did I mention the snake charmer?
Upload speed is slow, so hopefully photos will be on flickr soon.
From the back of a rickshaw, poise goes out the window. As our first test of character at the start of a 3-week research trip for Atlas of Ideas, we headed to Old Delhi. 2 rickshaws, 2 bicycles, 1 'son et lumiere' show later (the history of India in 1 hour, anyone??), we'd had enough wild rides to last at least a week. But I think we liked it, so there may be more. And yes, we did see a monkey sitting on a streetlight (a very brave monkey, in my opinion). And no, not all of our photos will be this out-of-focus.We've been here for less than 24 hours, but the trip looks promising. Balmy weather, the much-awaited India R&D 2005 conference, meetings with an impressive list of policy-makers, and a vodka bar within stumbling distance. The only alight worry is that half of this floor of the hotel is under renovation, and there is a very strong solvent smell seeping into the hallway (what ARE they doing with all those chemicals exactly?)
Oh, did I mention the snake charmer?
Upload speed is slow, so hopefully photos will be on flickr soon.
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