We did not go very far on Sunday, but the few kilometres out of town made a lot of difference.
Gurgaon was a village just a few years ago. The city is growing with an astounding speed, and not everything is taken into consideration - infrastracture is not developing as fast. Hi tech and old fashioned manual farming with or without animals live side by side on the outskirts of Gurgaon, and the city is pressing on. Almost everywhere we look there is new construction going on - outside modern high rise buildings covered by glass there are cows and goats, carriages drawn by horses or camels (well, we have not seen too many camels yet, but a few still ...)
A few pictures from our first encounter with the country side south of the city. They are not very good, they are all taken through the window of a moving car. Still ...
In the middle of all the dust and garbage, cows, pigs and goats there is a little hut with the latest technology ...
... and the latest fashion (well, it sounds good ...)
Toll booths - you have to pay toll every so often. These poor guys sit in the heat, dust and fumes all day long.
Harvest time just started here. In many fields we saw lots of people (mostly women) working by hand to harvest the grain - cut it, bundle it up in little sheaves (kärve) then collect them all in big heaps. Others (mostly men) were sitting along the road either discussing or playing cards here in the world's biggest democracy ...
A lot of honking in this city! They honk to let the vehicules around them know they are there/passing/not passing/trying to squeeze by/etc. Saw a sign with "Lane driving is safe driving" - hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Yeah, right!
Once we got back to the hotel in the evening, our friend Camelia Camel was working again. There is a wedding place (!) down the road. According to tradition the groom arrives to the wedding on a white horse, a camel or an elephant - whatever is available? Camelia is probably a groom transporter.
Gurgaon was a village just a few years ago. The city is growing with an astounding speed, and not everything is taken into consideration - infrastracture is not developing as fast. Hi tech and old fashioned manual farming with or without animals live side by side on the outskirts of Gurgaon, and the city is pressing on. Almost everywhere we look there is new construction going on - outside modern high rise buildings covered by glass there are cows and goats, carriages drawn by horses or camels (well, we have not seen too many camels yet, but a few still ...)
A few pictures from our first encounter with the country side south of the city. They are not very good, they are all taken through the window of a moving car. Still ...
Yes, what you see in front of this toll booth is the road!
I do wonder where the money goes though, it certainly is not for repairing the roads! Some of the pot holes are so big that they can swallow a tuk-tuk whole. To be honest though, it is not this bad everywhere.
"Park and ride" - but they probably have not parked anywhere ...
Some is then carried away on the head ...
... or on very overloaded carriages.
Not quite sure what these are - do people sleep in them? Is it for storage? Probably. We saw how they made something that looks like plates out of this material, which they probably use for fuel. Maybe that is what is stored in these huts.
They are, however, beautifully decorated with intricate patterns.
A muslim temple, I presume.
Reminder to self: Don't get an apartment too close to these megafones.
Need a haircut?
Miscellaneous to look out for in traffic, apart from road bumps and pot holes.
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| We got to see an elephant!!! Appartently not so common in this particular area we have been told. |
There are a lot of people walking here and there and everywhere, sometimes seemingly in the middle of nowhere. I wish I could ask them where they are going. They seem very determined in their stride. Reminder to self: Find a Hindi teacher.
On their way home after a hard day at work.
Once we got back to the hotel in the evening, our friend Camelia Camel was working again. There is a wedding place (!) down the road. According to tradition the groom arrives to the wedding on a white horse, a camel or an elephant - whatever is available? Camelia is probably a groom transporter.
Just married? Who knows.
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