Fri, Jun 20 - Once again I am all alone for the weekend, but I've got plans to go shopping tomorrow. Our driver is going to take me around to some "local" shopping places. I can't believe I've only got one more weekend after this and only one more week of work here. I'm spending next Saturday taking the Taj express railway from Delhi to the Taj Mahal and some other places in that area - the Red Fort in Agra with the beautiful Pearl Mosque and Fatehpursikri, a city that turned into a ghost town when all the water inexplicably dried up.
I wanted to show you how they do construction work here. This is the building right next to ours that I can see out my bedroom window. They knock buildings of all sizes down with a 5 - 10 pound hammer and a big chisel - seriously. No wrecking balls; no bull dozers. Just a bunch of men. Again, there is no urgency to improve efficiency because there are many people who need work.
There's also a picture of our "apartment size" fridge, and the door/window locks. Here the screen is on the inside, the glass is on the outside, and both sets have these locks top and bottom. I quite like them! We had a big storm yesterday and today. It's not raining quite as much as predicted, but when it comes down it REALLY pours!!
