I made it! After a month delayed visa and a cancelled flight to Newark I have finally arrived in India. I had the front row (behind 1st class, of course) on the plane; it was really nice to have extra leg room. I could completely stretch my legs out.
We landed around 8pm, and I was outside with my bags and through customs by 9. It was 98 degrees F. At 9PM. For some reason that never ceases to amaze me. There was no sun! Anyways, I took a prepaid cab to my hotel, and upon arrival in the neighborhood realized it either didn't exist (because no one in the area or on the street it was supposed to be had even heard of it..) or it was down some dark alley that I was not about to explore at 10 PM. It was what I consider to be a sketchy area, and I am usually not too paranoid about that, so I decided to follow my gut and have the driver take me to a place I knew I would be comfortable and safe: the good 'ol YMCA. So I am staying at the Y for the next 2 days before my train to Dehradun (and ultimately Mussoorie) where I will be the entire summer.
I will be working on getting some clothes, a phone or new sim card for my old Vodafone, and maybe figuring out how I can have internet when I am up in the mountains (might be a hopeless case...).
We landed around 8pm, and I was outside with my bags and through customs by 9. It was 98 degrees F. At 9PM. For some reason that never ceases to amaze me. There was no sun! Anyways, I took a prepaid cab to my hotel, and upon arrival in the neighborhood realized it either didn't exist (because no one in the area or on the street it was supposed to be had even heard of it..) or it was down some dark alley that I was not about to explore at 10 PM. It was what I consider to be a sketchy area, and I am usually not too paranoid about that, so I decided to follow my gut and have the driver take me to a place I knew I would be comfortable and safe: the good 'ol YMCA. So I am staying at the Y for the next 2 days before my train to Dehradun (and ultimately Mussoorie) where I will be the entire summer.
I will be working on getting some clothes, a phone or new sim card for my old Vodafone, and maybe figuring out how I can have internet when I am up in the mountains (might be a hopeless case...).
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