Monday, 14NOV

Day 1

Right from the beginning we know that it isn’t going to be an easy day, we are trying to organize ourselves on a piece of paper  and pack the clothes from the bed. We say good bye to our hosts and by the first rikshaw we are heading to the computer shop of Raj. Zsofi is getting of a bit earlier to do the last shopping before going to the village. Supermarket, a place that village people can only see in Bollywood movies or hear about from foreigners. 

I arrive at the office with the 4 backpacks where the ever suspicious smile awaits me…I unwillingly associate it with problems…..

I haven’t even sat down when the avalanche starts- they only have 8 of the 12 monitors- he has forgotten to order the power stabilizer and when he is trying to to do so they say the shop is closed on Mondays-they start to negotiate- it is not quite sure whether they are really closed or not- they have decided- they are open until 6- they are going to wait for me- waiting- the rented car has arrived- it’s 4 o’clock and the monitors are still on the way- to kill the time we are going to buy the cables- they don’t have them- they give us an address- the driver doesn’t want to go their due to the rush hours- we are going back to the computer shop- it’s 5 o’clock- the monitors are still on the way- we are going to buy the internet usb stick- tourists cannot buy it- 5 minutes later tourists can buy it but they need a passport photo- they send us to a shop 5 minutes away- we walk 15- we take the least possible 8 photos and wait another 15 min- we go back to the shop buy the stick and return to the computer shop- it’s 6 o’clock- we are starting to load the cars- things don’t fit in it- one minute later they do fit but without any space left- it’s 7 o’clock- we have to fetch the chairs- the driver doesn’t want to go- the car is overloaded- so we are going to buy the cables- the driver snorts- it’s 8 o’clock- we are going to the electronics shop- we load the car a bit more- the driver protests- we turned down the chairs and we are leaving for the village directly- it’s 12 o’clock- the driver stops at a restaurant and asks for out permission for a shot of whiskey- the trucks don’t have lights but at least all the cars go with high beam lights- all we trust is our Karma here- we arrive at 4 am- the people of the village get out of their houses and those who sleep outside get up as well- they wake the mayor up- the foreigners have arrived with the computers- they invite us in to sleep- we don’t want to disturb so we decide to sleep in the car- the driver disturbs and goes in to sleep- we are tired and fall asleep in the car on the computers with our cheeks stuck on the windows.