To my family in Tennessee, I think you will enjoy this post most if you are reading the blog. My mom on the other hand will not enjoy it nearly as much!
Being in India or any new place for that matter means there are many new things to try. Whether it is food or places to see or trying out new types of transportation. Here in India, there are a wide range of modes of transportation and I think I have completed the list and tried them all. Obviously I flew to India so I have been on a plane. I have ridden in a taxi and I have ridden in an auto which is a different kind of taxi. I ridden on a boat on the river. I have ridden a train a bike a bus and a scooter. And the thing that has been most fun to ride is a MOTORCYCLE! Yes that is right Endsley family, I am learning how to ride a motorcycle. I have taken the KTM to work two day in a row which is about a 20 min ride. Not only am I learning to ride, but I am learning in what is probably the craziest driving conditions in the world.
I was on my way to work today on the motorcycle. I had a helmet on with the visor up and sunglasses. The driving conditions were OK and Ved was in front of me most the time in the car so it was fun trying to keep up which I did for about half the ride to work. The morning was hot and I got up to about 100 km per hour. As I was driving down the highway a few bugs managed to whack me in the face. Luckily my helmet covers my mouth. I have heard of many stories of people swallowing bugs while riding a motorcycle. Everything was going well on my ride to work. I made all the turns and only stalled once when I had to swerve off the road because a car was passing another car and was in my lane. I was about a half mile from work when a wasp flew into my helmet and stung me on the cheek. I managed to get my hand inside the helmet and kill the wasp, and so I thought. When I got to the office and took off my helmet, the wasp was still inside. He did not fly out, so I must have hurt him somehow. Luckily for me he did not sting again. All of this was managed without wrecking the bike.
Being in India or any new place for that matter means there are many new things to try. Whether it is food or places to see or trying out new types of transportation. Here in India, there are a wide range of modes of transportation and I think I have completed the list and tried them all. Obviously I flew to India so I have been on a plane. I have ridden in a taxi and I have ridden in an auto which is a different kind of taxi. I ridden on a boat on the river. I have ridden a train a bike a bus and a scooter. And the thing that has been most fun to ride is a MOTORCYCLE! Yes that is right Endsley family, I am learning how to ride a motorcycle. I have taken the KTM to work two day in a row which is about a 20 min ride. Not only am I learning to ride, but I am learning in what is probably the craziest driving conditions in the world.
I was on my way to work today on the motorcycle. I had a helmet on with the visor up and sunglasses. The driving conditions were OK and Ved was in front of me most the time in the car so it was fun trying to keep up which I did for about half the ride to work. The morning was hot and I got up to about 100 km per hour. As I was driving down the highway a few bugs managed to whack me in the face. Luckily my helmet covers my mouth. I have heard of many stories of people swallowing bugs while riding a motorcycle. Everything was going well on my ride to work. I made all the turns and only stalled once when I had to swerve off the road because a car was passing another car and was in my lane. I was about a half mile from work when a wasp flew into my helmet and stung me on the cheek. I managed to get my hand inside the helmet and kill the wasp, and so I thought. When I got to the office and took off my helmet, the wasp was still inside. He did not fly out, so I must have hurt him somehow. Luckily for me he did not sting again. All of this was managed without wrecking the bike.
This is a bicycle
A river boat
A plane in case you have never seen one. (Just like there are people here in India who have never seen a white person there are people who have never seen a plane).
This is an Auto or a Richshaw
This picture came up when I did a google search for a scooter and thought it was awesome. When I am old my wife and I will have a double seated scooter like this!
An Indian Taxi
A typical bus ride
A common train ride. (I pay a little more for a coach that is less crowded).
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