Friday, March 14, 2008

Delhi the first

For once it was a relatively uneventful flight. The only points of drama were whether V's flight back from NYC would land on time and make the connection to our holiday flight smooth. It all went to plan thankfully. On the flight the only points of friction were the cardboard masquerading as food and the fact that they ran out of disembarkation cards after row 2. Which is understandable considering they clearly had no idea how many seats they (evil airline) have on the plane and what with ticket prices being so low they (still even airline) really don't care.

Sleep and some tired entertainment 8pointsomehours later we are on the ground at Delhi's International Airport. There is some serious refurbishment going on, masked only by flimsy tarpaulin that yells what a wonderful new airport it is going to be. The luggage takes an aeon to arrive, mine first and nearly 40 minutes and a hall full of irritable later V's.

Outside, there are my wonderful parents, arms open and smiles mixed with tears of joy. All the knee squashing, inedible food and irritable service is so worth it. I'm here.

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:31 PM

    Silent One

    What a sweet post. I am so jealous - have fun in Delhi and eat some yummy chaat on my behalf.

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  2. Anonymous9:58 PM

    oh i am so jealous!!! give every one a big squeeze from me...40in2006

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  3. Anonymous4:37 AM

    That moment at the airport is just so emotional. have fun in delhi...eat lots of gol gappas and chaat.

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  4. Anonymous8:04 AM

    lucky...have a lovely time

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