First day in India

I arrived in Hyderabad last night. I had a funny encounter with a woman on the plane. She could not speak English very well, besides ordering apple and organge juice. But she was very interested in me. She broke the ice asking me for my marital status and after pitying me for not being married she told me her husband was Dr. Rao. She wrote down his name on my boarding card and also the URL of the company that he works for. She was a little disappointed because although I was doing my PPT presentation on my laptop I was not helpful enough on going online to check out the website.
After a while she got her own DELL. She managed to open it, but then she asked me for help to turn it on. She pressed the “Gmail” button, but interestingly enough the internet did not work for her either, 2 hours before landing.

Anyway, customs took some time. I was surprised by the airport, as it was quite modern. It had aircon, marble kindish floors, everything looked very neat. I was expecting more developing country style, like staircases instead of escalators, container like arriving halls, crowded chaos… you know, like Dublin. But it was fine.

Unfortunately my luggage did not make it to Hyderabad. Felt like a scum coming back to the apartment, so close to sleep in. But fortunately there were some ironed house keeper’s uniforms on a chair. I borrowed them for a pyjama purpose, it worked quite well 

Today I was hanging out with two American expeds, Joel and Keon. It was fun, going round town with the chauffeur, little shopping and stuff. The handicraft market was very relaxing. People did not force you to buy stuff, you could look around peacefully. I felt very comfortable. I really blended in.

As today is Ghandi’s birthday, it is a bank holiday. I will go to work tomorrow and I am excited.