Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Pavel Ignatieff Was Captured By Bolsheviks

Arrival and first day

Immediately after the wedding We packed all the crazy things ready for 4 in the night. Deaths we had no strength to do this any longer. We only accompanied the thought that after 2 hours we have to get up, to finish the preparation. Alarm clock rang at 6 o'clock ruthlessly Well, just ... properly bathe before the trip, pack the rest of the stuff, change money, buy a camera, get into work, to complete a few formalities, arrange furniture affair ... and we can go. So somehow we managed to do it all, so we came up with last moments of the station ... for about 12.00 ... a departure? ... at 12.00:) only with the repacked yet remained a backpack, which we took over ten minutes earlier. Managed to ... going ... Polish Express to Warsaw. We got to the airport 2 hours before departure. Here stoically We gave our luggage and waited for clearance. Kamila has been thoroughly checked, as the device at the airport but clearly had some. Finally managed to find yourself a little piece of straw that stuck in my pocket. Now I just waited for the appearance of the aircraft. I started there in August ... we got to the claustrophobic small samolociku Lufthansa and waited anxiously for the start ... and all around somehow so strangely calm they were. Engines began to roar, the plane slowly sets up August on the track. Suddenly I felt a violent acceleration. Slightly wedged us in the seats and the plane started to float in the air. This niesawite see Warsaw from a bird's eye. Less than 1.5 godzny later we were in Munich, where after two hours ruszalismy the coveted Delhi. Here are the comfort of the flight was completely different. The plane of the six times larger, fabulous staff - Mariusz komantuje. But for the regulars airline is probably standard. After about 7 gozinach flight at 7.00 am local time we landed. After leaving the aircraft in a strange smell hit his nostrils, it was clearly feel wilgtniejsze air. When you receive the luggage we went to visit a bank representative, to replace U.S. dollar in rupees. We met with resistance distinctly the matter ... For your big problem was issue a receipt ... and this printer does not work ... and it did not want to print out receipts manually. We stood stubbornly at her and we got the coveted document. Clearly we rushed to save everything in huge volumes, which was repeated later in hotels, agencies and stores. As it turned out it was just the beginning. Well, we waited quite a passage from August to slay our local taxi drivers. And because we had no hotel booked, or idea where to go, easier for them to persuasion that their services will be the best and the others are scammers. After all we were tough. Even though we decided to call a few hotels, but it turned out the phone numbers of the guide are outdated. We were forced to give to take away one of nagabujacych taxi to the center. Competitive pricing suggested 150 rupees, and the only one has any card licenyjna taxi. Hardly we left the airport and from the area struck us even greater warmth and sharper scent the air. But still we were tough ... doubter should come later ... We took the taxi and we went toward the center. Our eyes appeared to an unforgettable landscape. It was something I had not expected, and certainly far deviate from our idealized India ... Do not forget this feeling, which started to accompany us. Interesting mixture of excitement and horror, and intrusive thoughts ... "And what am I doing here" ... We felt completely helpless in this country, where everything looks different. The fact that cars run on the left side seemed to be little shortcoming. Immediately przyomnial me a video which showed me one time a colleague from work. It Przestawial intersection on which samochdy, bicycles, rickshaws and people came from all sides at once. remember how it laughed with them, how to manage them seamlessly przejechaci. Jacko it was nothing compared to how people workout here!! Going by today rickshaw, I had the impression that I am doing a horn, a driver driving down firmly on the front. You do not have any recipes or at least we do not see that any force: D zamast road signs horns I use it?? Maybe because some cars do not have side mirrors. Honking is the only way to signal its presence on the road. This results in a continual halkas on the streets. Every moment of every stony someone trabi. The whole time we admire how they manage to ride in these conditions - at moments wpychajacych August car, completely not forewarned line designating the lanes, ignoring traffic lights, etc. For this we must add that we did not see ANY collision. But let us return to our journey toward the center. Around piaszczyzne stretched, dirty areas full of garbage and ruins of buildings, inhabited by people. Walked on by people begging in the streets, dirty with children in their arms, while children constituted just a prop that was supposed to awaken pity. It seemed to us that everything is perpetually in construction or from the moment passed by the City of earthquake ground. The eagerly wypatrywalismy dream center in the hope that this view will change. Nothing like this has happened. We got to the tourist office. At first we thought that a person with whom we talked, it helps us in finding accommodation, while we already planned to stay in India, who of course we would have to be nice to pay, and he would have with the commission. Suspiciously zobowiazywalismy not for nothing, just pushed to find a hotel. Of course it turned out that our interlocutor has very advantageous offer of the hotel, who collaborates with him, especially as we learned that the freshly after the wedding. Once you go out, he asked us what we are country. When we told that I am Polish, face and asked him zrzedla "aha .... low budget?". Thought I was from the UK and hoped that earns us a lot. At first glance, the hotel called Sunstar seemed to us to bad, but after a long day, we found that in comparison with other nearby hotels looks really nice. In any case, we have verified your expectations. We have a bathroom, fridge, TV, fan and air conditioning for only (!) 600 rupees. The first moments alone in the hotel were not easy. Here appeared the above-mentioned doubter. Knulismy insidiously making this day 1000 pictures and return to the Polish. Zaszylibysmy August under the boat and then it as if nothing had wrocilibysmy June 22 from ... INDIA: D Negative emotions we decided to get some sleep. During our four-hour nap nieswiamosc worked on it to take up the challenge of acclimatization. We woke up with much more positive attitude. We decided to look around the area. Leaving the hotel again, we hit the heavy zar Delhi air. With time, it stopped paying attention. Rozwniez less hindered our dirty streets. We are accustomed to the particular beauty of the city - shops, people living on the streets and zaczepiajacych us at every step.
decided to go to a nearby temple on foot, because the map, which we had suggested that she is pretty close to it. But the first person who asked how to reach it, found that getting there will take at least 45 minutes. There is offended us and we went on, breaking through the streets, on which we constantly were accompanied by noise and fear that in a moment someone will deduct us. We got to the main road, which was located at the metro. Looking very carefully for the underground station. When I managed to find, just behind the present appeared to our eyes the market. At least that is called something like a big street market. We had a detour just for a moment, but the next street drew us ever closer. Camilla have chosen two pairs of wonderful, wonderful shoes, after which, however, already had no time to go back later. Countless colorful things (clothes, shoes, sheets, food) for sale, how different from those which we can buy in Poland, has caused, and increasingly zbaczalismy route.
trained trade negotiations with the natives, to know their behavior and strategies of action (the Seller avoid the dual display of prices, urging the range trying owned). Kamila with regret going away from a stands with ciuszkami, heard behind his back as sellers lower the price of products. But we need many more experiences to precisely know the intentions of the people. To our surprise, one of the streets we saw a McDonalds. Fearing for our stomachs, the first day we preferred to eat something sprawdzonego.Jednak wondered that, apart from fishmakiem nothing looked familiar to us. Interestingly, the offer was an enormous amount of vegetarian meals. Spalaszowalismy something small and zaczlismy meet to return, because it started half an hour's march zmierzchac.Po realized that is not close to where our hotel is located. Even Some rickshaw driver does not quite know how to get there. Luckily found one who offered to drive us to the place for 10 rupees. Unfortunately, in the middle of the route stopped and said it wants to ride 25 rupiii. As a proud negotiators decided not to cooperate with this type of entrepreneur you :-) of course, he found himself owner of another travel agency, who offered us help one of their countrymen. In his company in a few minutes we reached the goal. With joy we noticed at the grocery store and you can buy for 48 rupees 2-liter Coca-Cole, who became a reward for the effort today. We returned to the room, took a cold shower .... tbc