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Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi September 25th 2007

Hello, my friend! Where are you from? I will skip on the 'hotel' room (300 rupies a night for a room with no windows except for a direct tube communicating with an Iveco engine placed on the roof, they tell me, to cover for when Government Electricity runs out, but I do not believe the explanation -- I prefer thinking that the noise, together with the run-down walls, the neon light standing on one nail, the dirty sheets, and all the goodies that come with an "affordable tourist hotel in the heart of Delhi" which for an unexplicable reason has a rooftop restaurant serving pure Korean food, all of this is part of a message that India has been sending to the world for the last 5 thousand years. Once I figure out what the message ... read more
Red Fort Delhi
Red Fort Delhi
Red Fort Delhi - Work Indian style

Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi September 25th 2007

Welcome to India! S.O.A. Stink On Arrival After the endless quarrel with the Indian Embassy in Rome -- of which my cousin Luca is been keenly aware, as he was part of the adventure of asking a 6 months visa -- I am finally in Delhi (Delhi of Do you Know My Daughter), and as I get out of the airport, my very first seconds of Indian life (my g*d, have I really arranged to spend 6 months in hic sunt leones?) bring me back instantly to my last trip in this country: an intense, pungent, and unmistakable whiff of human urine. There you go, I thought -- I even fought with 3 different rikshaw drivers to keep them at bay so as to allow myself a full immersion in Innncredible India. Now, each time I ... read more
Amsterdam north Iblock
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