A Shininess?

Location: Delhi, India
Local Time: Friday, Oct 14, 2005 - 7:27am

I don't know if I had a particular shininess the first day, or if it was because it was Sunday, or maybe there was a full moon or something, but people on the street bother me a lot less than they did on that first day. Maybe it was my attempts to actually answer their questions that spurred them on. Only two underwear salesmen stepped in front of me offering their wares during a several hour walk yesterday.

The constant clamor of horns, the autorickshaw drivers who pull off the street and stop directly in front of you to ask if you need a ride, the underwear salesmen, the guy puking out the bus window, it all seems kind of normal.

Vehicles in India often have the words 'Please Horn' painted on the rear, sometimes on the bumper. I assume it means beep to let them know you are there. Unlike those stickers on the back of the buses in Vancouver which request other drivers to give way, people actual do horn. So, walking down the road is a noisy experience.

Okay, I'm ready to leave Delhi now. As soon as I can get a Nepali visa, I'm outta here.