After about 30 hours of traveling, I finally made it! My first flight took me from Minneapolis to Chicago, where I met up with the rest of my group. What I didn't realize when I got off the flight was that I had to exit the terminal I was in and go back through security in the International terminal to get to my gate! I thought I wasn't going to make my next flight to Abu Dhabi, but I got there right as they were starting to board. The flight to Abu Dhabi was about 13 hours, I was able to watch a couple movies and get some sleep so it wasn't too bad. From Abu Dhabi we caught our flight to Trivandrum and got in around 4am. Trivandrum is 11.5 hours ahead of central time so we were all pretty awake.
The cab ride to our hotel was pretty crazy, the traffic here is insane! The first thing you have to get used to is that they drive on the opposite side of the road. There aren't many traffic rules here, and even the ones that are in place don't really get followed. Once we got to our hotel, we had breakfast and had time to check out the hotel and unpack. Below is a picture of the view from our room.
At lunch we learned that you are not supposed to eat with your left hand, because you use that one to wipe! The food was really good, I got a sampler plate with typical dishes and naan (yummy bread).
This afternoon our professor took us to a typical Indian market and to a more touristy market. It was cool to see all of the shops and the people.
One thing I've noticed is that many of the local people stare when our group walks by. I haven't seen many tourists here, so I'm assuming that's why. Hopefully I'll get used to that while I'm here!
The cab ride to our hotel was pretty crazy, the traffic here is insane! The first thing you have to get used to is that they drive on the opposite side of the road. There aren't many traffic rules here, and even the ones that are in place don't really get followed. Once we got to our hotel, we had breakfast and had time to check out the hotel and unpack. Below is a picture of the view from our room.
At lunch we learned that you are not supposed to eat with your left hand, because you use that one to wipe! The food was really good, I got a sampler plate with typical dishes and naan (yummy bread).
This afternoon our professor took us to a typical Indian market and to a more touristy market. It was cool to see all of the shops and the people.
One thing I've noticed is that many of the local people stare when our group walks by. I haven't seen many tourists here, so I'm assuming that's why. Hopefully I'll get used to that while I'm here!
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