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Published: January 7th 2007
Got into Delhi airport about 3.30am, only about an hour behind schedule. Was surprised to find Toru waiting in Arrivals, given the unsociable arrival time I said he should just send a taxi from the hotel, but he came in person after all. We spent 5 minutes or so banging on the roof and windows of the taxi trying to wake up the taxi driver- he had cocooned himself in his shawl and didn't seem to be pleased to be woken up.
Quick trip into central Delhi because of the hour, the driver seemed pretty drowsy the whole trip, or perhaps he always drives like that! Only one near miss luckily- we came within centimetres of hitting a barrier set up around a hole in the middle of the road before the driver noticed it and swerved at the last second.
In spite of the long flight jetlag stopped me from sleeping for a while- I was just dropping off when the dawn cacophony- horns, cows, vendors, horns- started up so I gave up after that.
Toru had lost a filling so we spent part of the day trying to track down a good dentist, finally making a reservation at one recommended by the Japanese embassy website, and the rest of the day we just took it easy since we join the trip tomorrow and things will no doubt get busy after that.
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kazu
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filling lost
I had the same experience in lebanon. i went to the dentist where I just find the name board on the street by couincedence. it took for 20 min I guess. then filled up my crown. I said how much is it doctor he said this is a gift from ahra. so I said ahra akubalu. inshara! how was the indian dentist???