India - July 10

Back to arriving in India (on the 10th)! The weather was drastically different from both Seattle and Munich; it was unpleasantly hot and very humid. Add to that the hour long wait in the customs line with two hundred other people and no air conditioning or even any circulation and I was ready to be just about anywhere else. On the plus side Rob and my bag were both waiting right outside customs, so we went right out to try and find a taxi. According to the Lonely Planet, it was easier said than done to find a legit driver, so after a while of trying to figure out what was going on and asking at the pre-paid taxi counter, we went with the first guy who had come up to us. Legit or not (we were leaning towards the not side) once he got us in the right area he said he was lost and took us to a travel agent to ask directions. Asking directions is actually a term which means Rob has to listen to a bunch of bullshit about how you should buy their travel packages and that the hotel you want is not picking up their phones while I wait in the car and make sure the driver doesn't run off with our bags. After about 30 minutes the agent finally came to the epiphany that we were not going to be purchasing anything from him and magically came up with the location of our hotel. Amazingly it was about two and a half blocks from the travel agent and when we got there we didn't have to pay the taxi driver any more than we had already agreed on. Once he left we were able to check in and unpack a little without any problems.