First impression: Chaos

Today has been our first day in India. We arrived in Mahatma Gandhi airport at 7:30 am with a huge lack of sleep and exhausted eyes after a long flight. Since we stepped out of the airport, we were overwhelmed by impressions of a huge crowd of people, the crazy traffic and the thick air filled with pollution: We have arrived in a new different world today.

We have experienced the Connaught Place. A market filled with small stands with jewellery, street kitchens and what else the heart desires in India. From everywhere the eye turns, you will see women in colourful saris, tall empowering buildings and small tunnels with stands in every corner. When you walk through the tunnels there are people everywhere trying to get your attention and selling us things from their shops.

There are a constant humming of people and honking from cars and scooters in the background, which can be very overwhelming and chaotic, especially when you walk on the streets. When crossing the streets, you are in a constant fear of getting ran over by a rickshaw, scooter or car. But here in India people are well-known in the traffic, and it is not as much chaos for them, then for us. They are considerate about us tourists when we walk across the streets, but we still have to be aware, when we walk in what is for us a chaotic and stressing traffic.

My, Ellen and Clara