Today was our longest day driving at 9
hours, lucky we both enjoy being passengers and watching the world go by. You see some amazing things.
We left Shimla at 9am and drove back down
the hill to Chandigarh. Deepak is
an all round driver, he drove down the mountain road really well. He never takes chances but doesn’t dawdle
either.
We arrived in Chandigarh at midday to
fog. We had to drive for an hour
in this to reach the highway. The
traffic moves along at the same pace even in the fog, the only difference is
many drivers put their hazard lights on.
The horn blowing can be nerve racking in the fog. The fog lifted to high fog once we hit
the highway so the toe grip (in my boots) loosened up a bit.
The orange fruit stands I mentioned the
other day, well they are mandarins.
We stopped at one this afternoon to buy some fruit, 30 Rupees (55 cents)
for 1kg. The stand wasn’t one of
the award winning ones we’ve seen but the stall owner
was very smiley and made a show of picking out only the best fruit. Deepak then made a show of checking
them all and making the guy replace one.
The traffic congestion was full on for two
hours prior to reaching Amritsar. In
some spots we were at a standstill for what seemed like forever. I don’t mind waiting, it is the issue
of beggars kids and cripples, when you stop in the traffic, they come out of
nowhere. We give occasionally but
you run the risk of giving to one and many more will turn up at the
window. It is human nature to nurture
so having to deal with this natural instinct can be draining.
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| Mandarins not oranges!! |
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| Shandy towns set up along the highway - Deepak calls them gypsies |
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| Good little girl helping Dad push the load |
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| Congestion - more mats being delivered |
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