{"id":111,"date":"2009-01-13T02:48:17","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T09:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/?p=111"},"modified":"2009-01-13T02:48:17","modified_gmt":"2009-01-13T09:48:17","slug":"home-sweet-home-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/home-sweet-home-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Home sweet home: India"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the past few\u00c2\u00a0weeks things have had a tendency to get progressively\u00c2\u00a0worse, the more you complained.\u00c2\u00a0 It all started with showers that leaked in New Delhi.\u00c2\u00a0 Then, we complained ourselves into cold shower with hot bucket.\u00c2\u00a0 Then, cold shower, but no hot bucket.\u00c2\u00a0 Then no shower, but cold bucket.\u00c2\u00a0 Then questionably hygenic cold bucket.\u00c2\u00a0 Then, a local boy would pump water out of a well for a refreshingly cold bucket.<\/p>\n

Finally, we stopped complaining and things began to turn for the better.\u00c2\u00a0 Near\u00c2\u00a0our end in Chitwan, we had graduated to bucket pumped from a well, followed by furious chopping of wood, a joke of a fire, and then after about 1 hour,\u00c2\u00a0a luke warm\u00c2\u00a0bucket.\u00c2\u00a0 Yano gave me the biggest guilt trip\u00c2\u00a0while I watched through the window as the owner’s son\u00c2\u00a0chopped the wood to warm my water– there were\u00c2\u00a0comments about child exploitation, deforestation, and the obsession at having hot water every day.\u00c2\u00a0 I turned a deaf ear– it was bad enough I hadn’t used internet in over a week, and electricity had become a luxury seen for only 3 hours a day (usually from 2-5am when you were sleeping, so at least you could pee in the bucket in the middle of the night without missing).<\/p>\n

Anyways… as bathing improved to the luke warm stage, we booked a flight from Kathmandu, Nepal to New Delhi, India– for only $104 (taxes included).\u00c2\u00a0 It sure beat a 3 day bus journey, and after\u00c2\u00a0a week in the jungle, we deserved it.\u00c2\u00a0 If you ever have a chance, the Kathmandu <-> New Delhi flight is jaw droppingly gorgeous.\u00c2\u00a0 The entire route is parallel to the snow covered Himalayas, and you see them from the beginning to the end of the flight.\u00c2\u00a0 Everyone lucky enough to have a window seat on the Himalaya side was glued to the window for the entire hour and 20 minutes.\u00c2\u00a0 P.S.\u00c2\u00a0 Don’t be an idiot and leave the camera in your checked baggage like I did.<\/p>\n

So we’re back in Delhi, where we feel like kings: constant electricity, fast internet, great food, hot water, reliable transportation, and of course– I can pee on the street again.<\/p>\n

Ok, enough with the blabbing, I’m uploading some pictures (though no time for all).\u00c2\u00a0 Here’s our favorite at one of the mosques facing the Taj Mahal (which we’ve finally seen).\u00c2\u00a0 Click on it for a large version.<\/p>\n

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During the past few\u00c2\u00a0weeks things have had a tendency to get progressively\u00c2\u00a0worse, the more you complained.\u00c2\u00a0 It all started with showers that leaked in New Delhi.\u00c2\u00a0 Then, we complained ourselves into cold shower with hot bucket.\u00c2\u00a0 Then, cold shower, but no hot bucket.\u00c2\u00a0 Then no shower, but cold bucket.\u00c2\u00a0 Then questionably hygenic cold bucket.\u00c2\u00a0 Then, … Continue reading Home sweet home: India<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129,"href":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}