Each morning once our group boards the coach our tour manager, Mansi, reviews the agenda for the day.linig up the schedule she told us there would be two highlights of the day. The first, a rickshaw ride through the market.
The streets are chaos, especially as they narrow. Buses, four wheelers, two wheelers, rickshaws, autorickshaws, carts, donkeys, bikes, motorcycles and pedestrians all jockey for position, honk, and eventually move through the snarl of traffic.
Two by two we jumped in rickshaws and the driver pedaled a one speed bike through the streets, moved to narrower and narrower streets where there are closet sized shops seeking food, clothing or shaves and haircuts. Mansi clued us in, saying we should look at the tangle of wires, commenting that India must have fabulous engineers to troubleshoot any issue.
It’s bumpy and more than one of us got our heads and elbows knocked up against the metal frame of the rickshaw but it was worth it. Certainly first highlight of the day.
