Home -> tattoo ideas -> Bollywood calling? - Delhi, India

Bollywood calling? - Delhi, India

Pub Date：2008-03-08 23:00:00 Author: Click:28 Category: tattoo ideas

Delhi, India

First I'll tell a bit about the ride from Chandigarh. . . No real problems with Rocinante on the highway; leaving Chandigarh at about 8:30 I knew it would be a fairly easy 250k to Delhi, so no rush. The "national highway" is mostly 2 lanes where it is not diverted over some bumpy and potholed track through another nameless town. Punjab is farmland, so there were numerous tractors and funny little ramshackle trucks to pass loaded with everything from manure to sand to sacks of some unknown substance, perhaps grain piled high and looking for all the world like the unbalanced load would flop the truck over onto its side. Indeed, there were those not so lucky who stood by their overturned haulers, a vacant expression on their faces as they pondered the next move, perhaps waiting for a fortuitous crane to amble up and lend a hand (or a hook, as the case may be). The morning dawned smoky. Everything is burned at this time of year, and the air is thick with black smoke and dust, coating and choking everything in its path. One must wear a cloth over the mouth and nose to keep from getting instant emphysema from the choking fumes. Visibility was just about 500 meters and beyond that was just a wall of gray. This wasn't just one area, this is the whole of Punjab from my origin all the way to and including Delhi, already famous for its pollution. Add to this the trucks that belch out clouds into your face as you overtake on the highway, dust rising from the numerous dirt-paved diversions and construction, and a general humidity and it is as if you are riding through some toxic soup, necessary but unhealthy. So much for the vigor attained from a few weeks of clean Manali mountain air. I have a map for Delhi, a good one, the one made for truckers, but when

0
Vote

Relational Links

Category: tattoo ideas Relational Links： Original Tex Move Links Del Edit
Tag： tattoo designs tribal tattoos tattoo artist celtic tattoos tattoo ideas
KeyWords： butterfly tattoos

Random Articles

Newest article