12/04/2010

Hoped on the internet this morning and got some serious bad news about work in Canada… because Katie, our foreman has left the company there were only a few spots left on other crews, unfortunately because I am in India and the time difference between here and there are the exact opposite so I wasn’t able to contact Darren the manager soon enough to get one of positions, first come first served… he offered me a spot on his crew but not until early June, Im not sure of my options now but I suppose I will still have to go to Canada and look for work somewhere to fill in a month… perhaps fruit picking or just work in the hostel in Kelowna… who knows? This is a bit of a low blow at least I will be getting the money from the government for about $2k.

Anyway, Rosie, Barbara and I left to get back down to Dehra doon to catch buses to various destinations, I hopped on the 15 hour bus to Manali in the North. On the way down to the city the roads were very windy to a point where Barbara actually threw in a plastic bag around the people in the overfilled bus for the hour long journey that I spent standing upright.

The journey to Manali was awful; it still surprises me how many Indians they can fit on a bus, I was glad to have a seat but having an isle seat only put people’s asses in my face.

There was also a woman behind me who kept on trying to rip my hair out gripping the backseat of my chair and my hair at the same time so every time there was a bump in the road id move forward but back get yanked back, I told her to stop it but she didn’t want to listen.

The second half of the journey wasn’t so bad, I had the 3 seats to myself so I was able to get some sleep.

Me and the crew