I am back in India for two weeks. I am not very excited, but work is work. This time I am taking dragon air and make the transfer in Hong Kong. The new 777 from Air Canada is pretty comfortable, the seat is wider and it has power sockets. I can keep my laptop charged and use it for the whole trip. The wait for transfer is 4 hours, so my dad came to the airport and I went outside of the restrict area to have dinner with him. On my flight from Hong Kong to Banagalore, I think I am the only Chinese on the plane, except the air hostress. I can’t believe a flight flying out of HK, running by a HK airline has no Chinese passenagers.
I touch down on the new Bangalore airport. It is much better than the old airport. From afar, it is pretty up to world wide standard. Although things still a bit shady when you look closer. Like the roof is not properly sealed, the door is kinda flimsy. There are no hawker trying carry your luggage and charge you a ridiculous fee. The custom has more counters, compare to only 2 counters in the old airport. No more tuck-tuck waiting outside trying to fish passengers Any how, it is still quite impressive. The new airport is far away from the city, so there a nice highway going into town. The highway is lit and has line on the ground. Other than occasional speed bump in the middle of no where and stop signs that everyone ignores, it is on par with newly developed countries like Taiwan or Korea. As I was praising the construction and though Indian has finally start getting better, the highway just ends. Yes, the highway ends abruptly and become a grave road right before entering the city. The airport highway is not connecting to any major road in the city, it just ends on the outer skirt of the city that goes no where. Ok, India is still India. It’s still not quite there yet.