sickness, school, cows and traffic - day 2 in India

Firstly, I must preface this entry by sharing with you all that I have brought a crappy Aussie cold with me and I have been feeling stuffy and drowsy for 48 hours.  I got my hands on some Indian-style cold and flu tablets  this afternoon so I hope tomorrow will be bouncier.


Today we emerged from under our sleepy rock to discover bustling Bangalore.
We visited the school where the community development staff I will be working with base themselves. It was very impressive. Super primitive but the kids were all studious and the maths skills of the senior students surpassed mine so I was wowed.
Jack loved playing with kids too and they gave him heaps of attention. He is undoubtedly going to come home with a swollen ego!

The traffic and noise from the traffic is a bit overwhelming. We go to sleep at night to a symphony of horns and they wake us up in the morning. The roads are crowded by trucks, more trucks, cars (big and small), motorbikes, auto-rickshaws, pedestrians, push bikes and cows. To get into the city from where we are staying you have to cross a main road on foot. Needless to say, we haven't done this yet. We'll report  back on it when that happens - hopefully reports wont be sent from the nearest hospital!

This photo was taken by me sitting in our car trying to make a right-hand turn on a main road. This traffic isnt stationery either! Its best not to look sometimes.

The weather is great, food is great, shopping is wacky (I'll write more about all of this another day). I hope you are all well and whoever gave me this cold I would be interested to know how long it lasts!

Lots of love,
Sarah.