Around Pune

A Gold Mercedes

Bill in front of the Shitole Status

June 27, 2015

As we went around Pune, there were a few things that raised our eyebrows, first the Gold Mercedes pictured on the left. It is not just gold it is bright gold! I am sure someone will ask if it was real gold. Let me just say, if it was or if I suspected it was, I would have been the first to ram it and run off with the bumper or at least a rear view mirror.

Walking along the wall on the Fortress was not only great to see inside of the fort but also outside. It allowed me to get pictures showing the chaos of the streets. On one corner, Bill noticed the apartment building across the way named “Shitole Status”. We had to take pictures.

I have mentioned a few times the traffic. I would never drive here, I don’t even want to cross the street. As with other British Settlements, they drive on the left hand side of the road – and even that is debatable. There are lanes but people pay no attention to them and when traffic is busy, people drive on any side of the road if they can get away with it. The driving reminds me of a school of fish, if someone goes one way, everyone behind them has to adjust. The part I cannot quite get down is who yields and when, it all appears to be one big game of chicken. In some areas, I have seen kids playing out in the street. It is just amazing.

Later in the afternoon, we went to a mall. It was pretty much like every other mall in the world, movie theaters, restaurants and plenty of shopping. I spotted a Chili’s, McDonald’s, Coffee Bean and Pizza Hut. We had coffee in a Starbucks hoping they would have free WiFi and to my amazement, they didn’t. We killed off a few hours prior to going to the airport.