Week 2 in Pune, India
Saturday, November 8th, 2008I think this post will just be bullet points of things I have seen, done, noticed, experienced, etc:
- Air Pollution
- Great Food
- Nice People
- People beg at intersections and on the street
- Animals walking in the street
- Slums with Dish TV
- Bicycles, Motorcycles, Rickshaws, Cars, and Trucks
- Women leaving an infant and young child on the sidewalk alone to go look for food
- Movies have intermissions (a good idea)
- People have drivers
- The poor will always be poor
- Electricity Brown Outs
- Cricket (the sport)
- Curry
- BO (Not as bad as I expected)
- Temples
- History
- Multiple Languages
- A former British Colony
- Cheap
- Crowded
- A lot of people doing nothing (similar to Japan)
- Efficient
- Old
- No public affection (kissing, etc)
- Old Fashion
- Not thinking out of the box
- Lots of dancing and singing in movies
- Lots of dancers in music videos
- Many mobile phone commercials
- Button up shirts and few T-Shirts
- Difficult to understand accents
- A Nuclear Power
- Dirty water
- Religion
- Philosophy
I think that’s all for now.
***Disclaimer: These are my opinions and observations. I am not saying that these things are good or bad. Every country has their issues and I could make a similar list for the USA.