First impressions of this great land 27th of July

G’day, hope your all having a great day, I myself had a great one and I’m just ready for bed. Today was a huge day. I got up at 4 am, showered (Bad mistake, the shower head was full of mould) the  went down and talked with a couple of U.S.A kids I shared a room with the night before. They were both severely jet-lagged and hardly slept all night. At 5:30 we all gathered together to get on the busses for the train station. The bus ride was about 20 mins and was awesome. I saw my first cow in the middle of the road, which was quite hilarious. It was just chilling in the road just minding itself while people swerve around it, this country is just a whole new level of crazy. The sound of constant horns belting it out was funny and made the whole place feel alive.

The train station was insane! We got dropped off a good 200m from the station because there was physically to many people blocking the road. When we got off there was this dude just pissing within a meter of the bus and it did not smell good at all. I wish i had some pictures of the station, but we had to move fast so people didn’t get lost or taken.

Overall the train ride was good. It was a bit over a 6 hour trip. I spent a third of that watching Futurama (first season) the second third sleeping and the last third listening to music while looking through the window trying to understand this country.The train went through very rural areas of india as well as the main city centre of Delhi. In the city an interesting thing i noticed were that people slept everywhere, literally everywhere! People were lying on steps, on statues and in wagon's on the back of bikes. 

In the rural areas there were lots of kids walking along the train tracks, within a meter of the fast moving train. I also saw houses made of scrap metal in the back of carparks. I’m starting to understand why people call India such a diverse place, there is massive gap between the rich and poor.

When we finally got to Deradun, we immediately got on the bus for Mussoorie, the town where the school is. This trip was really spectacular as we climbed into the mountains, above the clouds. It was by far the windiest road I've ever been on but the views were spectacular. The bus trip was an hour and a half of constant turns and blind corners. 

The views were great and got even better the further you got up. I would of taken more photos but it was hard taking photos on a rusty old bus swerving and bumping up and down.

Finally we got to the school, and all that bus ride was worth it. The basic layout of the school is that the classrooms are on the top of the mountain while all the dorms are a good 15 minute walk below. The grade  9 to 11 boys are in this dorm called 'Hostel' it's quite nice and was refurbished 2 years ago. Here are a couple of pics of my room

I was lucky enough to have a room which overlooks the pool and basketball court which is currently being resurfaced.

The rest of that day I spent watching Futurama and diner. I hadn't met my roommate yet because he was a returning student and he would come in a few days. 

So that was my first full day in India. I'm really excited about discovering more about this country and sharing it with you all. 

Stay well, 
Lachy Wild