Every time, I write this I try to start off with saying something nice about India but dont know how and when it becomes bitter & negative..So here goes -
After 3 months of glorious sunshine, and the never ending car horns, pollution & people wanting you money one way or other. We are taking back some great moments, not to mention the experience itself - which has been something that will remain with us forever, both positive & negative.
Well India has everything as far as the materialistic things are concerned but the social attitude of the people living there will always remain. India wants to become something it never can. Until the politicians & government quit filling there pockets.
I found it really ridiculous they had 2 fees for all the sights we visited. One was an Indian national, the other was Foreign national, & that too with an outrageous difference in asking fee. eg: RS.5 / Rs.750 for Indian/Foreigner - why? do the foreigners have x-ray vision where they can get beneath and discover the hidden treasure???
A sacred place like a temple even wants to drain you of every penny for merely watching over your shoes.. Why would anyone want to steal shoes whilst in a sacred place anyway?
Anyways over all the standard will never rise in India as to what is classed as acceptable.. until the people living refuse to accept what is called Standard!
We were almost fumed to death at Bangalore Airport by the construction work going in a different terminal, no apology from staff or any effort to move chairs away from the entrance from where the fumes where entering into the terminal.
No Health and Safety!! - The section where the construction was being undertaken should have been sealed off more securely, better still the terminal should never have been opened to the public.
I found it totally bizzare that an international terminal did not accept credit cards/ visa as form of payment, despite that there wasnt even an ATM in the terminal. We were dying for a drink so decided to pop outside to find an atm as the 100RS we had left were not enough to buy a drink and something to eat inside the airport. I found an ATM alright, but it was being repaired, so found a local shop where i managed to purchase a couple of burgers and a bottle of coke with the indian currency i had left - Great i thought heading back to the terminal with an unopened bottle of coke.
Then it was the mission of getting this bottle open, the only cafe counter in the airport did not have a bottle opener.. managed to get the bottle open in the end using some of the frustration built up by the staff and service at the airport.. using an airport luggage trolley.. this was the result.
I could go on to describe the pain-staking 6 hours of standing in the check in queue we had to go through at the airport also, but now that would be getting bitter - One thing for sure, I would never recommend anyone to travel through Bangalore Airport. I met a lady commenting about how its like this every year and thinking, what the hell are you still using the same airport for then WOMAN!!!
That was the final memory India gave me by which time I couldn't wait to get on that plane to arrive to civilisation - into Singapore.
And Finally - THANKYOU RELIANCE
No this isnt some advertising campaign for Reliance, although i was very tempted to invest into some of their shares.. they appear to be an incredibly fast growing company in India. I can see them being big.
Anyways thank you Reliance Web World, for endless airconditioned hours for us, to assist in completing our india blog... we practically lived there in Bangalore!
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