tHe sPike rEport: November 2012

Thursday, November 8, 2012

India - Some Pictures and Videos

In India this week. Then flying to China on Sunday night.

Just thought I'd post some pictures.

Our new office (we're on the 10th floor)
Moving in later this year

Some views from the terrace (roof) of our new office

Potluck lunch today :-)

And of course some videos from the car driving around. Actually - the videos don't do it proper justice.. (yes Mom, wearing my seat belt) - and btw on that note....

Went running yesterday. Ok, So running in China is actually just 'training' for running in India. I wouldn't advise going from running in the US right to running in India.

Running in the US around city streets, say in New York, would be like level I of a video game.

Running in China is like maybe, Level 5

Running in India around the city streets is like Level 10 - you know where you battle the volcano lava monster with only a battle axe while angry monkeys hurl fireballs down at you? Yeah... it's a lot like that. First off, they drive on the 'British' side of the road - which throws off your trajectory calculations. Plus, the particular side of the road they are supposed to drive on is more a 'guideline' than an actual 'rule'. Second, there are no real sidewalks so you are up and down in various lanes of traffic. Third, in China they certainly come close to each other (cars, carts, mopeds, motorcycles, etc..) - but they do slow down a bit as they negotiate a pass. In India, they keep at the same pace - or speed up.

And oh yeah - there are stray dogs like in China, but also cows, roosters and monkeys. They don't hurl things at you, but the first time one squawked at me and I looked up on the fence to see him looking at me it freaked the living crap out of me. All this in the middle of the city. It would be like being on the streets of downtown Detroit and seeing this. Weird.

I'm glad I did it for the experience - but will stick to the treadmill for the rest of my trip. Nobody ever got whacked by a car on the treadmill.... or been assaulted by a monkey.