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A word on traffic in Delhi

INDIA | Sunday, 15 February 2009 | Views [364] | Comments [2]

I must tell you some details about the traffic in Delhi. It is unlike anything I have ever seen or imagined in my life.  Even more crazy than Mexico City...by a lot.  So imagine this:  Motorcycles, bikes, horse drawn carriages, autorickshaws, bicycle rickshaws, camels with people on top, cars, donkeys, and trucks all CRAMMED into cramped bumpy rocky dirt trash filled streets....all the traffic going at once...in every direction. Bumper to bumper to tail. Not a single traffic light...everything moving at once all the time..like rivers...constant rivers flowing into one another...loud honking, constant honking, yelling, screaming, honking, loud. Pollution. Cows watching the nonstop stream from the side of the road.  Now imagine crossing the street!! 

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i was just remarking the other day how i thought the traffic in mexico city was worse than anywhere i had ever been....including delhi. maybe it's just that i'm a bit older now. the picture you're painting is a real trip down memory lane for me...except for the pms....though heaven knows i've had a run in or two on that front also. safe travels and beware the mango lassies they can really pack a punch. love, herb

  mr. botchagaloo Feb 16, 2009 4:32 AM

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Thanks Herby!! Much love to you. Yes, I'm mostly staying away from the lassi except for the hotel where I am. And I hope to avoid the "special" lassis all togther!

  Zoe Feb 17, 2009 2:26 PM

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