I am very happy to write to you from my apartment. Today very early, at one o’clock in the morning, we arrived to Bangalore International Airport. We had very nice flights, though the audio system was not working in my seat, nor in the free seat next to me, so you can imagine 10 hours of flight watching movies without audio was not the best flight ever. Lucky enough I had got a hilarious book from my girlfriend which allowed me to do something else but sleep and eat plane food.
Next phase was the airport. There we had to wait for at least 30 Min. for our luggage, and after that some of us decided to change money, all this being watched by 3 security guys from far away. Passport control and luggage control were not a problem, they just wanted the necessary papers and everything else was ok.
Last but not least we had a very special ride from the airport to our apartments, which as our first experience in the Indian traffic, was pretty shocking. Everything you could imagine happens in the Indian roads, from trucks going in opposite direction, to rickshaws in the fast lane without any light whatsoever. The most interesting thing though was the standing honking you hear. There is at least one for every overtake, and at least 4 in each cross, being one honk for advertising one is coming, one honk when you are on the cross, one for the car coming form the side, and one when you have left the cross.
Well, this is what most surprised me on the first night, I will write back when I have more information about Bangalore. In the meantime please watch the pictures on the right side of our apartment. It is very nice and spacious, everyone has one private bathroom and a TV, and there is a nice kitchen, even though you cannot cook there.
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