Here's some pictures of our new home.....
We live in an apartment on the 14th floor in this 17 floor building.
It's good to be in the heights in terms of mosquitos and dust.
As you can see, the view is good. To the right you will drive towards Delhi. Left goes further out of Gurgaon, and it's amazing to see all the new buildings, schools, universities and malls that are under construction for about the next 6-8 miles! We wonder were all the people should come from to fill up those buildings - but then again, India has a population of 1.24 BN people (that is 1.240.000.000). Passing China by 2020 according to statistics.
Besides taking a Hindi course, Merete has become very familiar with the Indian cuisine.... she makes very good food and as 'European Like' as it can be :-)
I also tried the role as Master Chef, but ended up with Genuine Indian Pancakes (you know, the ones that comes in boxes and you only have to apply water) - but the kids and Merete liked them and Zico too :-)
We use gas for cooking as every other Indian (having a house) does.
The red/white device you can spot in the upper right corner, is an emergency light.
The electricity goes down (totally) about 4-8 times a day (!) - and most often between 18 and 22.
The downtime is only about 30-60 sec. but it's still annoying. We have installed a few backup power supply's to protect electronic equipment and give just a little light when it happens.
My home office
It's good to be in the heights in terms of mosquitos and dust.
As you can see, the view is good. To the right you will drive towards Delhi. Left goes further out of Gurgaon, and it's amazing to see all the new buildings, schools, universities and malls that are under construction for about the next 6-8 miles! We wonder were all the people should come from to fill up those buildings - but then again, India has a population of 1.24 BN people (that is 1.240.000.000). Passing China by 2020 according to statistics.
I also tried the role as Master Chef, but ended up with Genuine Indian Pancakes (you know, the ones that comes in boxes and you only have to apply water) - but the kids and Merete liked them and Zico too :-)
We use gas for cooking as every other Indian (having a house) does.
The red/white device you can spot in the upper right corner, is an emergency light.
The electricity goes down (totally) about 4-8 times a day (!) - and most often between 18 and 22.
The downtime is only about 30-60 sec. but it's still annoying. We have installed a few backup power supply's to protect electronic equipment and give just a little light when it happens.
My home office
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| Sunset - seen from our apartment (taken by Merete, iPhone) |
Looks good....
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