We could have died tonight!!!

Yes, I know, that is a pretty dramatic title... But you were not in the car with us 30 minutes ago!!!! As we were driving home from work this morning (2am) not only were we on the road with a couple dozen huge trucks that drive around in the smoke filled night with not one single light on... There was random, unannounced lane closures! I mean huge MFN blockades with no reflective tape, lights, nothing! It was so bad... That not only did Brett stop breathing and pucker up, he grabbed the "oh shit" handle and held on for dear life! Just to give you some background... Brett hasn't actually grabbed that handle, until now... I have seen his hand lingering around it... But he hasn't physically grabbed it! After I stopped laughing hysterically (the only thing I could do at the time) I told Brett to breathe! We will be very relieved to move to our new hotel tomorrow that is only 15 minutes, of stunt driving, away!

More cows... there were a lot
of them this time!

As I mentioned in my first post... I am going to try to keep this blog as clean as I can... And Brett warned me again tonight not to let my favorite word slip out... But it is right there on the tip of my fingers!!! Deep breath! Ok... I am over it... But that was fn scary!!!!!!

Also on the subject of driving around here in New Delhi... I have to give a shout out to our driver! I don't know his name (I think it begins with an M) but he is a pretty cool guy! Always on time, smiles alot, doesn't speak English, but has gotten us to and from our destinations alive and with only a couple pairs of soiled underwear! So... Our driver, I will just call him M, he is a horn honking, light flashing, crazy man! He is not afraid of anything! Huge truck who's exhaust could blow us over "honk, flash" get out of the way! Huge herd of cattle that we would bounce off of like a fly "honk, flash" get out of the way! 300 deadlocked cars, motorcycles, bicycles, busses and little green things "honk, flash" get out of the way! He has worn a thumb impression on his steering wheel by honking so much! Hey... If that is what it takes for us to get somewhere alive... I am all about it!

I have some more pictures I will upload with this post... But my prize photo opportunity is eluding me!!! I want to show you what we see at least 10 times every trip we take... A man peeing on the side of the road!!! And they are not shy about it!!! But when you are traveling at 70 miles an hour in 2 of the 3 lanes on the road and clenching your butt so tight ... It is hard to get the shot! I will though!!! And yes, I said 2 of the 3 lanes... Those little white lines in the road are just a suggestion of where you should try to drive... But if you don't feel like it... No problem! "honk, flash" get out of the way!

The lobby of Hotel #2 - photo by Brett Bohannon

As I mentioned earlier... We are moving to our third and final hotel tomorrow!!! It will be so nice to finally unpack and get settled somewhere! And, I hate this hotel we are in now (although it is absolutely beautiful)! Not only does the coffee still suck! The Internet service is spotty... AT BEST!!! You will be chugging along, working your little heart out, and BAM! Nothing! Every 25 minutes, or so, the Internet connection is lost for 4 minutes! It is ridiculous and makes it very hard to do anything, productively!

We did have an absolutely amazing experience tonight/this morning at work!!! For dinner (or midnight snack) we were taken by our entire Indian work family to an authentic Indian restaurant! The "room" we ate in had a thatch roof and fabric for walls. The chairs were wicker (I think). To be honest... I was absolutely afraid of what might come out as food... But it was dark... And seeing it is most of the problem! But... The food was AMAZING!!! The "pepper chicken" was to die for!!! I could have drank it out of the pot!!! (granted I hadn't eaten in a little over 24 hours) but it was still good!!! It was an awesome experience! We learned a lot about the different Indian cultures, saw a clay pot that they use for water that actually chills and purifies it! (I will stick to the bottled water, thank you!) and we saw some Indian cots... Or wicker beds that they sleep on! It was awesome! The atmosphere, the food, the company... It was an all around great experience!

Well, that is it for now... I am getting tore up by Mosquitos... And I don't take my anti-malaria pill for another two days! I heard there is a mall across from our new hotel! I hope so!!!! I need to shop!!!

Honk, Flash... get out of the way!

Mr. Walton

The food we had for dinner tonight. YUMMY!

The team we are working with and the "room" we ate
from. Yes... I am the only one with boobies!

That is our dinner... the stuff on the bottom left is the "Pepper Chicken?" Yum, yum, yum. That is Brett's tray on
the bottom of the picture... I am to the right. - Photo by Brett Bohannon

A Big truck... please note... the back of it says...
HORN PLEASE!!! LOL!

The lovely pigeons out front of Hotel #2.
If you have an iPhone text yourself the bird head
and the pile of poop. Now you know what
Brett gets at least once a day.

Not our car... Wouldn't mind though!

Yes!!!!! The Domino's delivery guys!!!!!

McDonald's... Maybe one day!

Standing room only

Look closely at the driver's helmet... we saw him dialing someone's number, and
then he opened his helmet and slid his phone to his ear and was riding around talking!

Yeah... I don't know either