BANGALORE NIGHT

Here am I, at Bangalore airport waiting to fly to Cochin, Kerala, Mercy Home Project, the first of the many I will visit in the next two weeks.

I had a decent night after all, being probably tired surely helped me to sleep a bit in that Hotel`s bed full of stains (and so was the pillow as well) and with no blankets.

In the morning could not take a shower as the water pipe was not working and the same applied to the toilet flush, not what you call 5 stars hotel I suppose. Thank God I was not suffering of diarrhea.

Is raining here and the weather is rather chilly, this time on the way back to the airport I did pay just 50 rupees as there was less traffic than last night.
This means the guys at the airport are really natural born cheaters, I suppose once they see a white skinned guy they increase automatically the price of about 100%.

Now I am sitting in one of the few tables available at the airport, in a “Coffee day” coffee shop.
At the same table, in front of me a young guy is eating something like a veggie burger, I can see practically everything that is in his mouth as he can`t seem to be able to keep it shut while chewing. He is chewing his food with some happiness I do believe and, unfortunately for me, I can see all the ingredients that were once in the burger and now are smashed in his mouth.

Now the young man is gone and another one, older, is setting in front of me.
Believe it or not this one is emptying his suitcase on the table where I have my coffee and computer. T-Shirts, pants and I pray to God he will not take out his used underwear at least.

Welcome back to India, Khun Phu..

Bangalore, November 22nd, 2548

C – COPYRIGHT / Claudio Romano