Where is Waldo?

how's everyone?

Again it is Monday and another week passed. Time begins to run faster over here for me. Unfortunately I did not went away from Bangalore over the weekend, because it was a little bit of work to do on Saturday and I had not the time to prepare myself where to go. Well, it was not too bad, because I had a cool time here in Bangalore.

On Saturday I worked for two hours and then I went to find that huge climbing wall in the heart of the city. It was easy to find and I also find someone there who had some ropes. As I am always on my own, I have to find at least one person with a rope :) His name was Mani. Alas, he was to leight for me and I just could go for some Top-rope routes. When the power in my arms was gone I went to explore Bangalore.

I had a look at some sights and went to the City Market. This was amazing. I have never seen something similar in my life. Imagine the Esse-gasstaion in times of the WorldCup. Now multiply that by 20. I just stood there for half an hour gazing. There was always something new to see.

After that I went to Coppun Park which often is compared to Central Park in New York. I have never been there in New York, but this is what I would imagine it. It was really beautiful. I tried to lay down for a couple of minutes but there came always someone along to have a talk with me. Suddenly it started to rain like hell and I ran for some shelter. I found a cool place where some Indians where doing the same and it was really funny with them. when it stopped raining we where caught on an Island :)

On Sunday I went climbing again :)

Thats pretty much it. This week me and a few of my colleges are invited to a dinner. Hopefully I can go for a trip next weekend.

see ya

P.S.: When I stood at the City Market I had to think of "Where is Waldo" :) And guess what I saw in this Moment. Here are two "Where is Waldo- Realtime" for you:

Bang Bang Bangalore

Hey everyone,

I was very bussy the last three days and even now, I have not too much time to write something.

So, I am in Bangalore right now and it is pretty cool here. I have a nice place to stay but have not taken any pictures yet.



This weekend I am not quite sure if I have the time to travel somewhere. I hope I get the chance though. I try too upload some pictures maybe during the weekend. Even if thats not much I hope you keep on reading :)

I just got my new mobile number: 0091 9740911800. But it will not work untill tomorrow. If you need any cheap prefixes check out http://www.billiger-telefonieren.de/

Take care everyone

Pill

trees at 3000m ?

Namaste,

I just arrived one hour ago from my trip. I tell you I am fuc.... tired but it was an awesome time!

I left Delhi on Friday night by bus to Nainital which is located in the north of Delhi just a few kilometers away from the Nepalese border. I was not really a comfortable drive and it took ten hours until I finally arrived there.
On the bus I met a Belgian Guy, called Gill. We decided to look for a place to stay together. So walked through the village and finally found a nice place. After that we went to the center, watched a cricket match and had a little lunch. For the afternoon we wanted to go to Snow view which is a mountain there about 2270 meters. But first Gill wanted to sleep for a couple of hours because he sat the whole bus drive on the floor and could not get any sleep at all.

During that time I walked around the huge lake there and it was such a nice view. I went to a Hindu temple and was invited to a Hindu celebration. This was quite interesting and the only guy who could speak some English explained everything to me.



After that I tried to find someone who knows if and where to climb. I actually find someone, called Harry (it was his nickname). He said he would go climbing with me the next day. Awesome!

So finally at one o'clock Gill and me started our little climb. It was quite a walk and when we finally arrived on the top I was a little bit disappointed, because you could not see any snow on the mountains. It was a bit cloudy and there were trees everywhere. We were above 2000 meters and still there were so many trees!
Then someone told us, that there is an other mountain which is called Naina peak which is about 2611 meters high. So we decided to go there, too. I was really exhausted when I reached the top and still there were trees! But this time you could see the Nanda Devi for a short time, because the clouds opened up for a while. My first Mountain over 7000 meters!




When we reached Nainital again we had a huge dinner and went to sleep after a while. It felt really good to meet somebody my age and we had so much fun.

The next day I went to Harry and he and a friend of him took me to a climbing resort. When we arrived I felt my heart beating faster :) They had a big artificial climbing wall, also rocks and boulder blocks. Most of you would not understand what I am talking about when I explained everything from that day. So to make it short: I climbed the whole day till my hands bleeded. The best thing at all was that I did not felt like a tourist. In the afternoon it started to rain and we chilled in their little barrack had some snacks and talked about climbing.
After that we went to Nainital again and Harry invited me to have dinner with him. I tried to pay for that but he would not let me. We also had the typical Himalaya tea (they just put the tea in milk).



So I met Gill again at seven o'clock and we took the bus to Delhi again. It was an awesome weekend and I so enjoyed it to care about nothing and have nothing important to think about.

So, that’s it so far. I am still leaving for Bangalore on Wednesday and Harry gave me the number of a friend of him there with who I probably can go climbing again.

Take care

Spaaartaaa!

Good morning everyone,

I just wanted to give you the latest info. Unfortunately I am not gonna get this prepaidcard before the 16th of this month.

On the 17th I am going to Bangalore an I probably stay there the rest of my abidence. This is gonna be my first domestic flight and it will take me about 3 hours :). I think, there is no domestic flight in europe which is that long.
Oh, and if you want to know how Bangalore look like then I dont know yet, I am gonna tell you when I get there. But what I know is that it roughly look like this:



Seeing that picture I began to work out a little bit every day to get some strength back in my arms :)

So today I will try to get to Nainital over the weekend which is a little village near the Nepalese border and at the edge of the Himalaya. I hope this works out because you never know with the Indian means of transportation. I am so looking forward to this.

By the way, you can comment now again without register. Just pick "sonstiges" or "anonym" below and go for it :) I am pleased with every comment.

write to you later

Phil

Thats the way aha aha I like it

Hey people,

Just got back from my weekend trip. It was awsome and I felt so good being on my own again travelling.
I went to Agra and Jaip

ur this weekend. Saturday morning I took the bus to Agra which took about six hours to get there. On my way I met two female flight attendants from Quatar airways. They were joining a kind of tour and went back to Delhi on the same day. I decided to join them just for the Agra sights, because it was a little bit cheaper this way. When we arrived in Agra we first went to Agra Fort which is a kind of castle where all the Indian Maharaja lived. That was very interesting and you got an idea how they must had lived there back in the days.



Next thing we did was the Taj Mahal. One of the seven world wonders you might know. And it was really incredible. I have never seen such an amazing building. The third Maharaja built it for his wife. That man used to know how to deal with women, I guess :)



After that I split from the tour to go on my own again. I sneaked around Agra for a couple of hours trying to find the Bus stop to get to Jaipur.

On my way to Jaipur I met an Indian guy with who I talked nearly the whole 5 hours drive. He runs a Hotel in Agra and knows everything of the bible although he is a hindu. It was very interesting and he tought me a little hindi.



I reached Jaipur at one o'clock in the night and it took me an other hour to find a place to stay for the night (there I saw my first roach by the way). On the next day I went to some sights and enjoyed the chaotic way the people live there. This city is the most crowded city I have ever seen.
An Indian guy asked me if I could help him earn some money. All I had to do was to go to some certain shops to have a talk with the people there. He would get some money then from the shops because he brought me there. I had nothing to do so I agreed. The people in the shops were really nice and knew that I would not buy anything. The yinvited me for some drinks and I talked with them for hours. That was an awsome experience.



At six o'clock then I caught a bus back to Delhi. When I arrived in Delhi I had not the slightest idea where I was and where my appartement was (To get an adress here is very hard). The next Problem was, that I had not enough money left to pay the taxi driver. Anyways I made it somehow and now I am back at the office.

Unfortunately I can not upload any pictures today because the battery of my camera is empty. Maybe tomorrow

That's it.

Namaskar

Pill

Del(h)icious

Hey everybody,

This is now my fourth day in Delhi and I got some new pictures of the Office so can see where I am working.

Those first days I am reading a lot about the Project I will work on. Therefore I am leaving at the 17th of October to Bangalore, because the main work has to be done there.

What I also have to tell you is that the food here is so damn good. Even if I do not feel that good in my stomach this morning. In those four days here I have not once eaten the same meal. There are so many different kinds of food here that you dont know where to start.

This weekend I am trying to go to Agra where the Taj Mahal is located and maybe Jaipur. I am so looking forward to be on my own again to travel. Next weekend then I want to go near the Himalaya to climb, because except for a swing where I sometimes do pull-ups there is nothing here to climb :(

Today I am probably getting a Prepaidcard so you can call me (if you want). This is not cheaper for you but for me :) I let you know.

See ya

Happy Birthday Mr. Gandhi

So here I am in the capital city of the biggest democracy of the world.

The flight was very cool. I sit between to Indian guys and they were really funny. I had a couple of beer with the one on my left and as it came to lunch I remembered that in India you always eat with the right hand (they really do, i know now). But it is pretty hard to cut with the left hand and eat with right. Anyways, I survived and as we landed I was picked up right at the exit of the plane.

Next surprise was that I have an own driver here. Well, I share him with the other guys in my appertement but the are not here yet. By the way my appartement is pretty nice. I load some pictures up tomoorow, because I am at the office right now and forgot my camera.

Yesterday I could not go to any Internet shop or any shop at all because everything was closed. The reason for that was that it was a national holiday, because of mahatma Gandhi's birthday. So my driver took me to old Delhi and I sneaked around for a couple of hours which was really interesting.

There are not many tourists around here at the moment I guess, because yesterday I thought I was the only one. This was probably the reason why everyone stares at me all the time. But many people spoke to me and asked where I am from and as I said Germany they always went like "Oh Germany, football, very good" or "Ah Guten Tag". Of course everyone was really friendly and I didnt felt unconfortable. Like I said pictures will follow.

So far till now. Take Care and stuff

Pill