Getting out of India. Last post.

Hi. For the last time. This is the last post.

I have safely arrived home. And a bit less safely spent 1 day in Tallinn and 3 days at a summer cottage with 4 friends. And in 3 days I'll leave to Latvia for a week, but maybe after THAT I can finally settle down here.

So. After leaving Jaipur I went to Delhi. In a few months in October they will have Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Commonwealth Games is like the Olympics for the British ex-colonies. So an interesting concept. All Indians hope it will be a huge event but some fear nobody cares about it. But for that, the whole Delhi is under construction. I have been told earlier that it's a crappy town but now that all the streets are torn open it seems to be even a bit crappier. So not the best place maybe, especially during monsoon.

There was a construction yard nearby. Traditionally the workers live next to the construction yard in this kind of fancy lodgings.

A guy at the campus was taking his monkey for a walk. Wait... what?

In Delhi I stayed at one Couchsurfing guy's place in a student dormitory by a college. It was an interesting place - a dormitory room in India. Not maybe the cleanest or the nicest but it works. The whole Monday was spent on traveling and on Tuesday we tried to go sightseeing a bit. But as it was raining it was a little pointless. So just wandered about and saw some places. But I honestly didn't really care much about anything, I was just smiling like lunatic the whole day as I knew I would get out of India the following day :)

Had to take a picture of these ridiculous police cars in Delhi. I couldn't help laughing about the idea of Indian police acting swiftly for at least the "complaints of citizens".

Somebody had decided to make a street broader. That's really easy in India - just cut one-meter piece off from each building.

So, I did get out of India. The plane was an hour late but no big deal. I came home. Sweet!

India is really an..interesting place. The whole thing has been an interesting experience. It wasn't as good as I hoped it would be, but now I know what India is like and at least it looks quite good in CV. I wouldn't really recommend India for others as a choice for a great place to live in, but it's ok to visit it and maybe travel around there. And, sure, I met people who had fallen in love with the country, but no, not me... So, I liked the experience but not the place.

Well, it's time to end this. Thanks to all the readers for..umm.. reading. And for leaving some comments. Hope this blog has brought some fun for you and maybe you know a bit of India now. And if you're planning to go there some day, feel free to consult me :) I can be contacted via email lauri.peltonen {a.t} alumni.helsinki.fi (replace {a.t} with @).