On this day, my language route served two different purposes 1) acquire langue 2) find someone who could re-charge the battery on our Toyota Qualis (not knowing that I needed to give the doors an extra shove, I left one of the doors open, thus leaving the dome light on and killing the battery). A came with me and enjoyed the sights for a bit. His favorite part of the trip is just the loud, fast, crazily-driven auto!
This is a common sight...I never really have enjoyed giving the auto driver's friend a ride on my rupee. The comfort with close proximity is another cultural adjustment I may always experience.
I pass this site almost everyday. I hope I never get used to seeing the disparity between this 'residential' area/fishing grounds and our apartment in the background. (Ours is the high-rise apartment complex on the left.)
This package of mentos gave me an 'open door' to practice my language on my route. A and I shared this package (costing about $.10). I had my teacher write out what I wanted to say in case the people on my route couldn't understand my broken Kannada.
This rooster and that hen were perhaps pets of the owner of the garage, right outside his gate.?
We did get the battery charged (for approx. $4), after this attempt to 'jump start' the Qualis with random wires failed.
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