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By Chile Doctor, on Friday, September 12th, 2008, at 9:04 pm
Dateline: Bengaluru, India
No, it’s not an optical illusion. That really IS a cow strolling down the median of the Ring Road in Bengaluru. An everyday occurrence, actually.
Cows are the only thing on the road that has absolute right-of-way in India. And somehow they know it.
Clara here doesn’t qualify as fast food, although she’s hoofin’ right […]
By Chile Doctor, on Wednesday, September 10th, 2008, at 2:00 pm
I’ve heard many horror stories about traffic in the big cities of India. Bengaluru is reputed to have some of the worst, because so many of their roads are narrow, compared to other locations. Bengaluru has over 10 million inhabitants, so I was expecting a rough time of it.
I’ve ridden in taxis in other world-class […]
By Chile Doctor, on Monday, September 8th, 2008, at 5:42 pm
The Great Chile Underground Hurricane Escape Tour Indian Food Exploration and Mad-Crazy Karnatakan Taxi Dash Bangalore Cultural Safari continued today. I was warned that Monday traffic could be an epic battle against the forces of darknessa a real challenge, so I got down to the breakfast buffet (one of my seven favorite meals of the […]
By Chile Doctor, on Saturday, September 6th, 2008, at 7:00 am
I made it fine into Bengaluru, although it was 2 AM before I got to the hotel and got settled. A few hours of refreshing sleep and I was ready to go!
Breakfast buffet is included in my room fee, and since it was dinnertime (according to my tummy) I was ready to try out a […]
By Chile Doctor, on Friday, September 5th, 2008, at 5:36 pm
For the first time, I found out it’s possible for me to get bored in an airport.
I know you might find that odd. Your experience is probably more typical; all airports are boring. But I love travel and flying, and I avidly watch all sorts of mechanisms that fly. It was a shock to me, […]
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