Today was busy! We started with a practice in the morning and then scurried to be ready for Nana to pick us up. Nana is a rickshaw driver who caters to American students. He has a cell phone and you can make an appointment with him for his driving services. This is very unusual. The best things about Nana is that he is super sweet and that he will always get you where you need to go.
We head off to the tailor’s, but our clothes are not ready. We will need to come back Tuesday. Then we decide to go to the “tea place” and buy Rebecca Lerner the tea she has requested that Karen bring back for her. It is a black tea. Nana stands in line for us and buys a kilo of tea. It come wrapped in newspaper and tied with a string – kind of suspicious looking, but it smells great! On our way to the tea place, we get into a bit of an incident with another rickshaw. Nana is navigating a narrow alley that is partially blocked by a raised steel grating. Another rickshaw comes the other way. Both drivers decide to go for it and the rickshaws become almost intertwined. Words are exchanged (of course we don’t know what was said) and Nana gets out and pushes his rickshaw backwards. Then slowly, like a crazy dance, both rickshaws edge forward again and clear each other!
My day was rounded out with an Ayurvedic massage, evening class and shopping for our trip tomorrow.
No comments:
Post a Comment