Good Morning, afternoon, evening... Whatever it is where you are! I have no idea what it is here... All I know is that I am exhausted! Is this what they mean when they say it takes a couple of days to get acclimated? Who is "they" anyway?
Well, once again I am writing this from the pool deck of my hotel! And yes, I am drinking the crack filled coffee! Did I mention how friggin good this coffee is? I hope they have this good of coffee at the Hotel #2 we move to (sometime today or tomorrow, I have no idea what day it is... So I figure if we get back to the hotel tomorrow morning and we can't get in our rooms, that must mean we should have checked out today!)
Yesterday was pretty uneventful, which I am thankful for! We went in to the office and began the training. I did drink WAY too much coffee, and when Brett came down to meet me for more coffee I totally freaked him out with my caffeine induced ADHD! At least I think it was the caffeine! Damn this coffee is good!
On the drive in we experienced more honking and the utter amazement of making it through any intersection alive! We were also witness to the Holy Cow! Not really, but there were a lot of cows out and about. And... They do not care how fast you are driving straight at them! They walk around like they own the place! I think ultimately they would win in any collision. They are huge... Or my perception is off, because the car we are in is so small!
I am blaming the cows we saw on they way in for my excessive use of the phrase "holy cow" all night long! I must have said it 59 times! And every time I said it I would hear Brett snicker... I couldn't stop! It was "holy cow" at the gym facility on the work campus, "holy cow" and the Xbox and kinect stations, "holy cow" at the pool on the roof, "holy cow" at the colored rice designs on the floors, "holy cow" at the guards with guns, "holy cow" at everything!!!
Speaking of guards with guns... After we had finished our day, night, morning (whatever you want to call it) we decided to head back to the hotel. We went outside and woke up our driver, yes, woke up our driver! He had to sleep in the car the whole time we were at the office. As we head through security to leave they pull us over, the driver gets out, and there is a heated discussion. I wish I would have taken a picture of Brett's face! It was priceless! The driver gets back in the car, Brett asks what the problem is... The driver, who speaks no English, is visibly nervous. The next thing we know there is four armed guards piling into a "jeep" next to us and signal us to follow. We follow going slower than we have driven the whole trip. (side note: if we were in true danger, wouldn't you be driving as fast as you possibly could? Yeah, me too!) we followed the jeep for a couple of miles to the main "interstate," they pulled over, waved us goodbye and we took off back to the hotel.
Surprisingly, at that time of morning, night, whatever, the roads were pretty empty! There were just a few big trucks (again compared to the car we were in) that had no lights and just snuck up on you in the fog (or smog).
We get back to the hotel and decide to grab a beer real quick (since we only had about 30 minutes until the bar and grill closed at 2am). We walk in order a beer and were told they were no longer serving drinks! What??? I think the looks of disappointment on our faces softened the bartenders heart and he said fine one beer. And yes, for those of you who know me... I drank a beer! I figure it is the lesser of two evils! Beer or New Delhi Belly? Which would you choose? Thought so! We sit there and finish our beer... And the patron behind us fills us in on a loophole to their beer serving policy. He said if you go back up to your room and order beer from room service, they will bring it up, and then you can come back down to the bar. I agree! That made no sense to me either! So we just finished our beer and headed to our room.
That is it for now!
Damn this coffee is good!
Well, once again I am writing this from the pool deck of my hotel! And yes, I am drinking the crack filled coffee! Did I mention how friggin good this coffee is? I hope they have this good of coffee at the Hotel #2 we move to (sometime today or tomorrow, I have no idea what day it is... So I figure if we get back to the hotel tomorrow morning and we can't get in our rooms, that must mean we should have checked out today!)
Yesterday was pretty uneventful, which I am thankful for! We went in to the office and began the training. I did drink WAY too much coffee, and when Brett came down to meet me for more coffee I totally freaked him out with my caffeine induced ADHD! At least I think it was the caffeine! Damn this coffee is good!
On the drive in we experienced more honking and the utter amazement of making it through any intersection alive! We were also witness to the Holy Cow! Not really, but there were a lot of cows out and about. And... They do not care how fast you are driving straight at them! They walk around like they own the place! I think ultimately they would win in any collision. They are huge... Or my perception is off, because the car we are in is so small!
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| Rice Design on the ad production floor |
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| One of the rice designs in the hallway. |
Speaking of guards with guns... After we had finished our day, night, morning (whatever you want to call it) we decided to head back to the hotel. We went outside and woke up our driver, yes, woke up our driver! He had to sleep in the car the whole time we were at the office. As we head through security to leave they pull us over, the driver gets out, and there is a heated discussion. I wish I would have taken a picture of Brett's face! It was priceless! The driver gets back in the car, Brett asks what the problem is... The driver, who speaks no English, is visibly nervous. The next thing we know there is four armed guards piling into a "jeep" next to us and signal us to follow. We follow going slower than we have driven the whole trip. (side note: if we were in true danger, wouldn't you be driving as fast as you possibly could? Yeah, me too!) we followed the jeep for a couple of miles to the main "interstate," they pulled over, waved us goodbye and we took off back to the hotel.
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| Our escort. |
Surprisingly, at that time of morning, night, whatever, the roads were pretty empty! There were just a few big trucks (again compared to the car we were in) that had no lights and just snuck up on you in the fog (or smog).
We get back to the hotel and decide to grab a beer real quick (since we only had about 30 minutes until the bar and grill closed at 2am). We walk in order a beer and were told they were no longer serving drinks! What??? I think the looks of disappointment on our faces softened the bartenders heart and he said fine one beer. And yes, for those of you who know me... I drank a beer! I figure it is the lesser of two evils! Beer or New Delhi Belly? Which would you choose? Thought so! We sit there and finish our beer... And the patron behind us fills us in on a loophole to their beer serving policy. He said if you go back up to your room and order beer from room service, they will bring it up, and then you can come back down to the bar. I agree! That made no sense to me either! So we just finished our beer and headed to our room.
That is it for now!
Damn this coffee is good!
Where abouts in the country is it you guys are at? Where would it be if I looked on a map?? North south east west? Just was kind of curious..
ReplyDeleteWe are in Greater Noida which is southeast of New Delhi.
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