Monday, July 13, 2009

Knots In Groin From Heart Cath

background information

Good people,
we go! No, not today, not tomorrow, but until the day after. But conceptually such a trip is of course more like going on: The first talks with Denise, who works in the project, with progress reports from India by Natasha, Theresa and Alex, with the re-reading of the shipwreck with Tiger. The first excitement comes to pack and then increases with each adoption and related needs, concerns and semi-funny sayings about the lack of hygiene, vaccinations and dangers.

somehow strange to adopt. "That will be great !. .. You will make interesting experience! ... Enjoy it! And so on. "Desperately trying to to get a sharp image, what's Sun I constantly think about how it was before I went to China. But the emotional state before China is manipulated by the experiences in China and is therefore no longer produce the event. Diaries can help, but remain somehow alien.
I am far from being a concrete idea have to know what to expect, but I've already got a slightly spongy idea of Indians, India, and the starting point of Chennai. Long descriptions are not easy to read, so I choose at this point clear figures. For figures and facts are so true!

India:
  • In India, 1.2 billion people live → India is the largest democracy Earth
  • India stands at 128 instead of the Human Development Index (HDI is an index to testify tried how far the human development of a country.)
  • India 35 million cities (Germany 3, Cologne would answer 4)
  • 26% of Indians (over 300 million people) live below the poverty line of less than one dollar a day (the figures vary depending on the source. Pessimists say that in reality 75% of Indians of less than one dollar a day ) live. I think that 98% have never seen a one-dollar bill!
  • economic growth rate since 1995: an average of 6.4%
The project in which I am in Chennai (the old British name Madras is more common.)
  • Language: Tamil (yes means aamaam, does not: Illai)
  • State: Tamil Nadu
  • Residents: 6.5 million (fourth largest city)
  • orientation: Chennai is located in southeast India the sea. Known mainly the film industry (second only to Bollywood).
Another educational resource is my guidebook (Lonely - South India). By Guide learns how to behave in a country in where people behave differently. Two highlights:
  • "More expensive than tipping is baksheesh that one pays to bend laws."
  • "However, one should not be anxious, but always remain calm and trust the common sense. The crime rate is much lower than in Western countries. violent crime against tourists are extremely rare. Very few people who are one to closer to the road, harbor evil intentions . Most want to sell something (even if it is not immediately obvious), try out their English, learn a foreign woman a European address are displayed in their address book or take a photo with a foreigner on it. "
Still I sit in an idyllic cafe garden at the Martin 'in the heart of Freiburg (my sister Theresa the day before yesterday married here beautifully). Tomorrow it goes to my . uncle in Frankfurt Wednesday before the departure I still have a job interview at the airport before I get on the Emirates Taxi

I remain Rough. Nevertheless, one should not be anxious, but always remain calm and trust the common sense .
Gecko

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