We spent our first night in Delhi arriving at 3AM, and after a quick breakfast in the morning were off to Agra, home of the Taj Mahal!
The drive to Agra was interesting. Some of it was a super highway, just like the Mass Pike, including toll plazas. Other parts were through city streets. In Delhi, the streets were really crowded. there were lots of motorized rickshaws (called tuktuks in Kenya) - which are three wheeled cabs with open doors.
Signs on the highways were in English and Hindi. It was a good thing for me that some were in English too, because I really don't know how to read the Hindi alphabet - yet.
We saw lots of different ways of getting around. Many people were riding bicycles, carrying big loads of lumber and other building materials, cloth that looked like it was going to market, and even friends. There were many carts pulled by oxen, horses or donkeys. Cars and trucks were everywhere.
The drive to Agra was interesting. Some of it was a super highway, just like the Mass Pike, including toll plazas. Other parts were through city streets. In Delhi, the streets were really crowded. there were lots of motorized rickshaws (called tuktuks in Kenya) - which are three wheeled cabs with open doors.
There are lots of people on motorcycles driving in and around everyone else.
Signs on the highways were in English and Hindi. It was a good thing for me that some were in English too, because I really don't know how to read the Hindi alphabet - yet.
When we got out of the city, there were lots of green fields and people gathering grasses.
We saw lots of different ways of getting around. Many people were riding bicycles, carrying big loads of lumber and other building materials, cloth that looked like it was going to market, and even friends. There were many carts pulled by oxen, horses or donkeys. Cars and trucks were everywhere.
In Agra these ways of getting around make for beautiful pictures.
The stores in towns often have part of their shops set up outside as well as inside. No snow storms here to interrupt the beautiful weather. How do you think the climate of a place changes the ways that buildings are designed and used? If Lexington did not have a cold winter, do you think we might have more open-air shops? Can you think of what we do have that is like an open-air shop? (Hint: It takes place on Tuesdays in the summer and fall in the center of town.)
From Ms. Chan's Class:
ReplyDeleteIn Lexington, we don't have open air shops because when it snows, it wouldn't be good for the shop.
In Korea, they also have open air shops like in India, but they cover their things when it rains. The same thing happens to sellers in Germany.
If Lexington didn't have snow and cold weather, our windows would probably always be open instead of closed. Some of the houses could be made out of wood instead of bricks because the snow wouldn't affect the houses as much.
We hope you're having a great time!
Good thinking… did you know that many houses in Lexington are made of wood? We usually cannot see the wood because we cover it up with other things. I will share pictures of how houses in Lexington are built when I return.
ReplyDeleteDid you figure out when we do have open air shops? Do any of you go to the Farmer's Market in Lexington Center? It happens on Tuesday afternoons all summer and fall. Right now there is too much snow.