Thursday, January 27, 2011

Chennai Traffic

Lately, I feel like we've been doing nothing but sitting in traffic. The road that leads away from our house is under construction, so going almost anywhere takes us through detours on jam-packed roads, too small to handle the increased traffic. Trips now are much longer, and trips were already long before. Pre-construction, it took just under an hour to get downtown. Now, we need about an hour and 30 minutes. And we're talking about distances maybe slightly over ten miles. Can you believe that? It used to take me less than an hour and a half to get home from college. Door to door.

But such is life when you share the road with 1.2 billion people.

I've been managing the frustration of sitting in traffic by taking pictures. I like how this camera setting makes things look like a watercolor. Peaceful, right?

In this first one you can see that the lady in the back is riding her motorcycle side-saddle, with a stocking-capped baby in her arms. 








1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Neat photos; what is the 4th one down? It looks suitable for framing.
Dad