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Indians are the masters to squeeze. They always find place for anything. The other day we were going to indoor clinic on a tuktuk. Tuktuk is a autorikshaw and it's for 5people + driver. But that morning the driver decided to have us 3 + 5indians in his tuktuk. 4 in the back and 4 in front + the driver. Driver sat in one of the indians lap.
On my first week here there had been a suicide on a metro or something so they closed few metros. It was crazy at the metro that evening. Imagine your suitcase full of stuff after your trip to somewhere, it's full of clothes and everything. You're having troubles closing it but still you but more stuff in there, you sit on your suitcase and trying to close the zipper. That's how it was at the metro that night, it was crazy. People just squeezed into the metro even if it was already full of people. I didn't know should I cry or laugh. I had lost my friend into the crowd. But peoples expressions on their face were so funny so I started laughing, they were in so much pain or they felt uncomfortable because people were all around you, so close to you. At the metro I just thought that if I don't get sick now, I'll never get sick. Millions of germs in the air and everywhere. Finally I and my friend found each other and got safely back to guesthouse. It was an amazing experience. I haven't got sick yet. I have only had sinusitis twice but it doesn't count because I still have been able to work.
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Intiassa loydetaan tilaa ihan mille tahansa kuinka pienesta tilasta tahansa. Metrossa aina tiivistetaan, tiivistetaan ja tiivistetaan jotta ihmiset paasisivat istumaan penkille. Mun ekalla viikolla metrossa oli ollu itsemurha tai joku vastaava nii ne oli sulkenu muutaman metron. Olin tulossa kaupungilta kaverin kanssa takasi guesthouselle, se oli aivan hullu reissu. Metro oli niiiin taynna ihmisia ja koko ajan lisaa ja lisaa ihmisia anki sisalle. Kuvittele matkalaukku taynna tavaraa ja silti yritat sinne viela lisaa tavaraa ankea, istut matkalaukkus paalla ja yritat sulkea vetoketjua. Sellanen oli se metro, lisaa ja lisaa ihmisia anki vaan sisalle vaikka oli jo aivan taytta. En tienny pitaisko itkea vaiko nauraa, koska olin hukannu mun kaverin siihen ihmispaljouteen ja muutenki kun angettiin vaan lisaa ja lisaa ihmisia. Mut intialaisten ilmeet oli niiin hauskoja, etta rupesin nauramaan. Niiden ilmeet oli niin tuskaa taynna. Aattelin vaan etta jos en nyt tuu kipeeks niin en kylla koskaan tuu, siella oli niin paljon ihmisia, popoja ja vaikka mita. Loppujen lopuks sitten loydettiin toisemme ja paastiin viela poiski oikeella metroasemalla.
Toihin aina yleensa mennaan ensin metrolla ja sitten tuktukilla. Tuktuk on vahan niinku mopoauto, mut ilman ovia. Se on tarkotettu 5hengelle+kuski. Mut viime viikolla kuski paatti ottaa meidan 3lisaks 5intialaista kyytiin, eli 4istu takana ja 5edessa. Kuski istu matkustajan sylissa.
Etta nain taalla, tilaa loytyy kaikelle. En edelleenkaan oon sairastanu vatsatautia tai tullu kipeeks :) 2kertaa kylla ollu poskiontelontulehdus, mut ei niita lasketa koska kuitenki oon voinu olla toissa eika oo ollu mitaan ongelmaa.
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Elina Ihana kun oot pysyny terveenä!:) Mutta hui tuo kuulostaa niin hullulta toi metro juttu! Oisin varmaa alkanu huutaa ku olisin menny nii panikkiin!:-D
Beth Hilarious! That's the way Mike described life in India, although I don't think he ever would have braved the subway.