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Moving to Delhi, India - thoughts/experiences?
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<blockquote data-quote="Machdup1" data-source="post: 13027524" data-attributes="member: 65746"><p>I ran a helpdesk in India. It was a great experience, but be prepared that living in India is not like living anywhere else in the world. Before I left, there was a South African in my group who had lived in India who told me that he had never seen poverty until he lived in India. Until I was there, I didn't fully appreciate that comment.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>I had a driver. You will know that you have been there too long when you can sit in the back of the car and ignore the psychotic nature of the traffic. You are in for a experience. Have you ever been in a bumper car before. My driver came up to the first red light, completely ignored and found a way to merge into cross traffic without hesitation.</p><p></p><p>When you driver is not available, you will take a taxi (autorickshaw). All of the taxi drivers(actually everyone in India) will try and over charge you for the ride. Negotiate with them for the price and start to walk away. They will come down in price.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It can suck and it can be great. You will be wealthy in a place made up of people who are broke. That has its advantages and disadvantages. </p><p></p><p>My first day in country my driver picks me up and drives me to my office. On the ride to work, we drove through the slums. Tens of thousands of people living in make shift tents and sheds. The level of poverty is unbelievable. The south American slums that I have seen have nothing on India.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Food is out there, but be prepared to love chicken for breakfast, chicken for lunch and chicken for dinner. You can find red meat, but it is a question of how much mold you will have to cut off of it before you can eat it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, there are good restaurants, theatres and bars.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As you should be relatively well to do, housing can be had. You will not be living amoung the locals. You will live in a nice area (for India) and you will likely have a house staff of some kind. BTW, it is not unusual for the staff to live outside your house in the yard. They will rip you off and the property management company will rip you off. Make sure that you know your contractual obligations. Their contract law is different from ours and they will rip you off blind, because they can.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Before going there I was told never go to an Indian doctor for anything serious. Get your shots for going there. Plan of getting sick. You know that SARS disease that ran through Asia, they didn't get it in India. Their diseases killed it at the border.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Machdup1, post: 13027524, member: 65746"] I ran a helpdesk in India. It was a great experience, but be prepared that living in India is not like living anywhere else in the world. Before I left, there was a South African in my group who had lived in India who told me that he had never seen poverty until he lived in India. Until I was there, I didn't fully appreciate that comment. I had a driver. You will know that you have been there too long when you can sit in the back of the car and ignore the psychotic nature of the traffic. You are in for a experience. Have you ever been in a bumper car before. My driver came up to the first red light, completely ignored and found a way to merge into cross traffic without hesitation. When you driver is not available, you will take a taxi (autorickshaw). All of the taxi drivers(actually everyone in India) will try and over charge you for the ride. Negotiate with them for the price and start to walk away. They will come down in price. It can suck and it can be great. You will be wealthy in a place made up of people who are broke. That has its advantages and disadvantages. My first day in country my driver picks me up and drives me to my office. On the ride to work, we drove through the slums. Tens of thousands of people living in make shift tents and sheds. The level of poverty is unbelievable. The south American slums that I have seen have nothing on India. Food is out there, but be prepared to love chicken for breakfast, chicken for lunch and chicken for dinner. You can find red meat, but it is a question of how much mold you will have to cut off of it before you can eat it. Yes, there are good restaurants, theatres and bars. As you should be relatively well to do, housing can be had. You will not be living amoung the locals. You will live in a nice area (for India) and you will likely have a house staff of some kind. BTW, it is not unusual for the staff to live outside your house in the yard. They will rip you off and the property management company will rip you off. Make sure that you know your contractual obligations. Their contract law is different from ours and they will rip you off blind, because they can. Before going there I was told never go to an Indian doctor for anything serious. Get your shots for going there. Plan of getting sick. You know that SARS disease that ran through Asia, they didn't get it in India. Their diseases killed it at the border. [/QUOTE]
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