1780 kms...covered in 2 hours 40 minutes…jet lite helped me in the endeavor :-) Reached delhi at 4.45 pm. Delhi gave a warm welcome. At 35 deg Celsius, it couldn’t be warmer! Took a pre-paid taxi for DLF phase 3..300 bucks. A black thing that used to be a maruti 800 in its hey days comes to a screeching halt in front of me. The kid driver (donno whether he was above 18) came out, got busy n hurled my luggage into the backseat. He had a ‘navigator’ cum his Man Friday in the front seat. Off we go. In under 30 minutes, we are in the midst of a caravan of beautiful, well built buildings. A caravan..except that they don’t move. Neither does the traffic in front of them.. in peak time, that is. Got treated to dust therapy. Fished out pg acco contacts that Saurabh had sent. Started calling up..The voice of the land lady says that the acco is in phase 2. Took the taxi till there and then bid adieu to him. The caretaker of the acco took me around the building. I thought I could do with a better option.
Quite an adventure to have 4 pieces of luggage on your shoulders and hoping to find some shelter. Took a cycle rickshaw (‘risk’shaw, actually). Next stop – Sahara mall. Sahara, City Centre, Metropolitan malls are all in a huddle..Kamall hain yaar! Itz almost as if the city police want to get all the traffic to same place and then catch some 'wanted' criminals..Good good. Got a call from Tarun..he gave me the address of his acco where there was a vacancy. Saviour! Took an auto rick…played merry-go-round in sectors 23,22,21..and finally reached the house. Nice place plus apna Tarun in the same building. Settled down. Had great dinner. Slept like a log.
Good morning Gurgaon! 2 paranthas + 1 katori curd + butter + chai for breakfast. From zero breakfast in Mumbai to this + that + one more that in gurgaon..its a good life. The cycle riskshaw will now balance better as I gain weight. Sector 21 to Shankar chowk. I give 100 bucks. No change. None of the road side hawkers gives any change. Plan b..bought a banana. Now comes a khool sales model. He does not have change for most denominations…and there is ‘something’ to give away for every denomination instead of cash. If he does not have 50 paisa..1 mentos. Does not have 1 rupee..2 mentos. 2 rupees…4 mentos. Some learning here! In coupla months I would have collected enough mentos to set up a shop in Manesar or Kancheepuram. Perfetti! Btw, check out mentoshelpline.com
Shankar chowk to Sahara mall. Auto? He says he will take me to IFFCO chowk which is ‘near’ the mall. This..for 5 bucks only! Bulk breaking anyone? Zillions of companies line up the sides of the highway. Indiabulls to multinational bulls..they are all here! Met up a chap in the rick…who is working with Denisco. Started talking about 3PL.. Now, this auto rick is no laila from rgv’s aag. It is a more-space (wid due respect..Logan kinda more space) auto rick. 4 passengers outside..facing outside, that is. 8 in the middle and 4 on the driver’s seat! It is difficult to figure out who among the 4 is actually driving the rick. After 10 minutes..I kinda figured it out. Yes! It is the guy who turns back every 10 seconds! The other 3 are too scared to move and keep their eyes on the road :-)
Saw a hotel board that offered ‘Madhu’ Vada at 5 bucks..hehe.. Soft data, u know. I guess this place has great potential for goggles and sun screen lotion. It is still underserved. Very sunny! A hoarding here is heralding the onset of India’s first jus-for-women radio station. And hold your breath…itz called Meow 104.8 FM!! Thppbt!
Cheers,
Ganga
Quite an adventure to have 4 pieces of luggage on your shoulders and hoping to find some shelter. Took a cycle rickshaw (‘risk’shaw, actually). Next stop – Sahara mall. Sahara, City Centre, Metropolitan malls are all in a huddle..Kamall hain yaar! Itz almost as if the city police want to get all the traffic to same place and then catch some 'wanted' criminals..Good good. Got a call from Tarun..he gave me the address of his acco where there was a vacancy. Saviour! Took an auto rick…played merry-go-round in sectors 23,22,21..and finally reached the house. Nice place plus apna Tarun in the same building. Settled down. Had great dinner. Slept like a log.
Good morning Gurgaon! 2 paranthas + 1 katori curd + butter + chai for breakfast. From zero breakfast in Mumbai to this + that + one more that in gurgaon..its a good life. The cycle riskshaw will now balance better as I gain weight. Sector 21 to Shankar chowk. I give 100 bucks. No change. None of the road side hawkers gives any change. Plan b..bought a banana. Now comes a khool sales model. He does not have change for most denominations…and there is ‘something’ to give away for every denomination instead of cash. If he does not have 50 paisa..1 mentos. Does not have 1 rupee..2 mentos. 2 rupees…4 mentos. Some learning here! In coupla months I would have collected enough mentos to set up a shop in Manesar or Kancheepuram. Perfetti! Btw, check out mentoshelpline.com
Shankar chowk to Sahara mall. Auto? He says he will take me to IFFCO chowk which is ‘near’ the mall. This..for 5 bucks only! Bulk breaking anyone? Zillions of companies line up the sides of the highway. Indiabulls to multinational bulls..they are all here! Met up a chap in the rick…who is working with Denisco. Started talking about 3PL.. Now, this auto rick is no laila from rgv’s aag. It is a more-space (wid due respect..Logan kinda more space) auto rick. 4 passengers outside..facing outside, that is. 8 in the middle and 4 on the driver’s seat! It is difficult to figure out who among the 4 is actually driving the rick. After 10 minutes..I kinda figured it out. Yes! It is the guy who turns back every 10 seconds! The other 3 are too scared to move and keep their eyes on the road :-)
Saw a hotel board that offered ‘Madhu’ Vada at 5 bucks..hehe.. Soft data, u know. I guess this place has great potential for goggles and sun screen lotion. It is still underserved. Very sunny! A hoarding here is heralding the onset of India’s first jus-for-women radio station. And hold your breath…itz called Meow 104.8 FM!! Thppbt!
Cheers,
Ganga
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