India
Things in India
If a rickshaw driver gets lost, it’s probably his fault. But he used more petrol. So you have to pay more.
Haircuts are seventy-two cents. A beer is twelve dollars.
Shaking your head means no. Wobbling your head means yes.
There are no litigations in India. If you fall into a ditch on someone else’s property, it’s your own damn fault.
A professor may decide not to hold class one day. But they won’t tell you.
Painted lines on the road mean nothing.
Buses will not stop where you want them to stop. You have to jump off.
Cows poop. A lot.
Your toast may have a little mold on it. Just deal with it.
When you order chicken at a restaurant, the cook walks to the chicken pen next door. It may be undercooked, but at least it’s fresh.
Spicy just means “a lot of spices”.
Don’t do anything with your left hand. That’s the one you use to wipe.
You sometimes have to pay to go to the bathroom.
There’s no small talk. Only say something if you mean it.
Vehicle horns act more as SONAR rather than a warning signal.
A rickshaw with “4 in all” painted on it means about 7-8 in all.
A bike is a motorcycle. A cycle is a bicycle.
People at the movies cheer really loud when their favorite actors appear.
Nobody has change. Ever.
Monkeys are evil. Avoid them. They steal wallets and cameras.
A sign that says TOLET is different than a sign that says TOILET. A landlord may be confused if you ask where you can go to the bathoom.
I decided to dump all of my photos online. You can find them here: http://gallery.me.com/kyle.rosenberg#100150
I will still put the good ones in separate posts, though.
My Room
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This will be my room for the next five months. I kind of like it, even though it looks a little plain. There’s A/C, and it’s one of the closest rooms to the bathroom. I am staying in the Tagore International Hosue, which is student housing on campus for kids mostly in the Study In India program at the University of Hyderabad. It has its own kitchen with really good food, but they kind of fail when they attempt to make western dishes (like spaghetti with sauce that looks and tastes more like salsa than red sauce)
Getting ready for 23 hours of travel
I am flying from Msp to Chicago, and then the big one– Chicago straight to Delhi — about a 15.5 hour flight. Delhi to Hyderabad is about a two hour flight.
Hello!
I’ll be posting photos and writings (but mostly photos) on this blog when I am studying abroad in Hyderabad, Anhdra Pradesh, India. Feel free to subscribe with your favorite RSS reader, or follow the link below to enter your email address so you can receive an email every time I post to my blog. Feel free to contact me if you want me to pick up some chai or anything for you in India. And please, leave comments in my posts!
-Kyle
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