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Monday, September 04, 2006

Arrival date :)

After a pleasent journey, we arrived here in Delhi at around 7 local time. Got some really good seats with extra space in the plane - quite happy for travelling with BritAir. Very luxorious, nice food and we could select own movies(14 or something to choose between. Amongst those; the Da Vince Code, the Last Samuraii, Harry P, X-men III).
In CPH the nice check-in lady allowed us to bring extra luggage.
  1. My bag had a weight of 19.1 Kg.
  2. HM's unknown(lesser than mine, since im carrying all our books).
  3. Boxes, resp. 5 and 15.
Wasn't a problem either to get our medical equipment through the costums. They had to scan it though, the officer looked a bit susperious but accepted our "medical equipt.".

So here we are 26 degress plus - and high luftfugtighed - really high - sweating :). Already (though prepared) given away to much tips. People helping with luggage and then of course then nice tourguide taxi-driver :). Already seen holy cows. Already seen monkey in the steets. Already seen extreme poverty and some of the health risk connected to that(drowe past a field and a small slum-area where some litterally were sitting and shitting on the streets). And of course already experienced the dangerous traffic... all the cars have bumps. Even seen a local getting our of a car on the slow-going highway, smashing the door into the one next to.

And last but not least - there's only showers on the rooms and check-in is not until 12 o clock!! Already beginning to love this country .)

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hej Martin og Hanne. Mie her - fra tropemedicinsk kursus! Skønt at høre fra jeres landing i Indien... får helt abstinenser af at læse det :) Endnu har jeg intet hørt fra msf og forventer ikke at høre noget før november. Så nu prøver jeg bare at nyde at være tilbage på arbejdet og i det hele taget være i Danmark. Glæder mig til at høre nærmere når I kommer ud til Rajastans ørken og om jeres ømme muskler hvis I vælger at tage en kamelsafari!! ;) Håber ikke I er blevet alt for paranoide efter kurset, jeg har i hvert fald tænkt at nogle gange er det lidt sjovere at være uvidende (på kort sigt i hvert fald!) Men nu er vi jo blevet superkloge!! Hmm... men langt fra kedelige.. so far...
Lykke på rejsen og jeg glæder mig til at høre mere. Solskinshilsner fra Danmark, Mie

2:04 AM  
Blogger Martin Ruben said...

Vi lever stadigvaek og er naesten ligesaa paranoide :P. Kun gode oplevelser til nu. Dog har vi ikke set noget til Monsunen (slet ikke i Barathpur hvor der ikke var vand i national fugleparken og dermed ingen fugle). Det positive er saa til gengaeld at vi heller ikke har maattet kaempe os igennem oversvoemmede parasit-gader :).

2:40 AM  

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