The air conditioning and refrigeration effect in the Land Rover bulletproof off-road vehicle is very good, which makes Zhang Nan, who is most worried about traffic problems, finally put his mind at ease. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Even if it's not hot enough to explode your hairs, this humid day with a minimum of 267 and a maximum of 30 degrees is uncomfortable!

In Mumbai, air conditioners are not only used to cool down, but also to dehumidify.

But Zhang Nan was relieved, and Nicole and Jenny, who were sitting on either side of him, were happy!

Because they saw the unbelievable means of transportation from the airport to the city of Mumbai, in the eyes of Americans, it was like watching aliens!

This stretch of road should be the first impression of foreigners coming to India, and the airport is not counted, no matter how bad it is.

But this first impression is really not good!

"Alan, look!"

Jenny on the right looked in amazement at an old-fashioned truck full of goods overtaken by the convoy, not only the cargo pile was high and crumbling, but there were more than a dozen people sitting on the goods.

Zhang Nan glanced at it, and said lightly: "What's so strange about this, when you see their passenger cars and trains, you will know what overloading is." ”

"That's not an exaggeration enough?" Jenny looked surprised.

"That's good, in northern India, the number of people in this truck has to be at least tripled. ”

There is nothing strange about the small meaning of more than ten people: Zhang Nan has seen the style of the Indian "trailer" that circulated before his rebirth, and the scene where the carriage is full of people, the roof is full of people, and the iron sheet of the carriage is not visible.

As for the truck, the height of the cargo is four or five meters, the width is the carriage multiplied by two, and it is quite common to squeeze dozens of numbers on the top to take a ride.

The most exaggerated is of course India's trains, which are the world's first in terms of "passenger efficiency"!

The convoy was led by the police car that opened the road and moved forward at a speed that was not much faster than a bicycle, and the traffic situation in front of Zhang Nan slowly made Zhang Nan worry about whether he could have dinner before 8 o'clock in the evening!

India drives on the left, and Nicole, who is sitting on the left, looks at the "scenery" and the extremely bad buildings outside, and can't help but say, "Is this where people live?!"

It's dirty, it's messy, and there are so many people!"

"My dear, this is Mumbai, with a population of 18 million! This area north of the city is home to the Indian peasants who have flocked to Mumbai for more than a decade in search of opportunity, with an estimated population of at least three or four million.

There is no room for so many of them in the old city of Mumbai, so they can only find a place to live in this area, what else?

It is estimated that it is difficult to solve the problems of running water and electricity, let alone public health facilities, and there is basically little hope. ”

Zhang Nan didn't want to tell them that there were very few even the most basic public toilets in this area, and even if there were, it would make Nicole and the two feel terrible! Is that a god horse thing?

Not to mention disgusting, Nicole and Jenny have been scared by their own men, Jenny will be a little worried: "I look at the photos in the Indian travel materials, Mumbai is still quite clean." It's also close to the international airport, which is also too messy. ”

Zhang Nan said with a smile: "There are also poor communities in New York, it's the same, it's just that we don't like to call the places where the poor live in our country slums, and the poor people in India are relatively large."

The Indians are quite practical, at least they are not doing a face-saving project here. ”

If you want to, you can't do it, where do you put millions of people?

patted the hand of the woman next to him, "Don't worry, the rich area of Mumbai is very clean, and the place where we live also lived more than 70 years ago, by the sea, facing the India Gate, the environment should be very good."

No matter how poor and chaotic the country is, there will be good places, old brand five-star hotels..."

As the convoy continues to move forward, the houses of low-income people in Mumbai on both sides of the road are getting closer and closer to the edge of the road, because it is closer to the city and "land is tight"!

This has also led to more and more other vehicles and people on the road, which has reached the standard of "crowded" in Zhang Nan's heart.

What's even more complaining is that I didn't see the police who came to direct the traffic at all.

Zhang Nan would be a little skeptical, if he didn't have a loaded Indian special police to open the road, would the car still be able to move forward!

Alyosha, who was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, couldn't help but say: "I always thought that there were many of us in China, and this ...... compared."

The big man "tsk" twice: it is estimated that even the population density in Shanghai is comparable to this, and although the development of Shanghai is not fast and the houses are a little old, it is definitely not so messy!

More than 20 years later, Mumbai, India, is world-famous for its dirty mess except for those rich areas, not to mention that it is still the 80s!

Most cities in other countries have few "slums" and many passable urban areas, but Mumbai is obviously the other way around!

It's still the 80s, and India's software industry hasn't taken off yet, not to mention the economic conditions and urban infrastructure.

The so-called "poor people's houses" on both sides of the highway are actually built with woven bags and a few branches, not even a shack, many of them have no walls at all, and you can see many poor Indians living under the roof of a few square meters from the car!

How do you live here? Find a few pieces of cloth at night and cover them on all sides?

Zhang Nan thought it was possible, the weather was hot and humid, and the four sides were open during the day probably for ventilation.

There are also those with slightly better conditions, living in tents made of black canvas, which reminds Zhang Nan of the ancient nomads.

The better condition is to build a house out of discarded iron sheets, and such a house is quite good in this area.

For the poor Indians, who are largely destitute, the good news is that even in Mumbai's coldest month in February, the lowest temperature is 17 or 8 degrees, and it is estimated that no one will freeze to death.

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After driving for more than an hour, the convoy finally entered the real city limits of Mumbai, and then the driver Zach finally found a problem: "Boss, why don't many of their cars have reflectors, and this technology is too strong!"

"You just found out?

It's good to be able to give you a car with reflectors, Land Rover is purely imported, and India sells cars without mirrors at all, so you need to add money. ”

Zach smiled "hehe", he really just found out that this was a bit of a dereliction of duty for an armed driver.

But he can't be blamed entirely, Zach has no time to distract himself from the cars on the side to see if there are mirrors: it's enough to deal with the rampaging cows, and to watch out for the tricycles that dare to drill into the convoy of armed escorts.

There are also donkey carts, horse-drawn carts, and even Zhang Nan just saw three people riding elephants swaying on the road!

Riding a horse on the streets will be in the news after 20 years in China, and it is not surprising to ride an elephant on the road in India, which will be the same, and it will be the same for decades.

Zhang Nan was too lazy to tell Zack: There are not many cars in India now, and in 20 years, India's traffic accident rate will be the first in the world!

Alyosha in the front row said a few words about the problem of reflectors for military vehicles in the 70s, when many military vehicles only had a reflector on the side of the cab...

In fact, in many cases, a reflector is enough, especially in the era when there are not many cars today, but Indian cars have no reflectors at all, and there are still so many people, no wonder actors in Indian movies always see actors like to stick their heads out of the car window to speak: the head does not come out to see the road conditions behind them.

The other three people in the car listened with great interest without interrupting the big man, but Alyosha quickly stopped talking, as if he had seen something extremely surprised.

"Oh!"

The exclamation came from Zack's mouth, because one of the legendary wonders of India finally appeared outside the window: a moving bus, not only was the carriage crowded with people, but also people were sitting on the roof, and even the outside of the carriage was full of people!

"Awesome my brother!"

Zhang Nan has seen similar pictures before, but it is still different from witnessing it now, Nima, it is too visually impactful!

"Where's the camera?" Jenny asked.

"In Paul's car. Nicole replied.

"It's time to take a picture. "It's a bit of a shame.

"There's no hurry, there's an opportunity. Zhang Nan interjected.

Although the Indians outside the window are holding the car window, their expressions are calm and not nervous, and their high skills are really admirable!

"Jenny, did the American Spider-Man immigrate from India?"

However, Jenny didn't bother to pay attention to Zhang Nan, because she found that there was no door on the door of the bus at all, only a door frame!

Nicole on the other side leaned over to look at it, and said very philosophically after a few seconds: "I don't know if Spider-Man is an Indian immigrant, but I can be sure that if a Hollywood director asks the most handsome of these people to play Spider-Man, it will definitely save the budget for hiring a stuntman!"

Zhang Nan was also happy and said: "In fact, they are more suitable for being stuntmen, many buses in India do not stop when passing by the platform, and the people who get on the bus directly pick up the windows and door frames, and the people who get off the bus jump directly from the door."

Practicing every day, this ability to jump out of the car is extraordinary. ”

"What about the people on the roof?"

Facing Jenny's inquiring eyes, Zhang Nan thought about it and had to talk nonsense: "Probably they are at the end station." Well, it must be so, the roof position is for terminal passengers. ”

Jenny covered her forehead and said in a tone of regret: "I didn't come with you if I knew I wouldn't have come, Mumbai is like this, and the estimate of Kerala is even worse." ”

As he spoke, he said very seriously: "I'm starting now, and I'm really starting to worry about the next trip." ”

"Put that fragile little heart back at ease, Kerala is so much better than that, a lot of West Germans go on holiday there, and you feel like you're not in India there. ”

Mumbai is the most economically developed city in India. ”

Jenny doesn't believe it, and neither does Nicole!

"Because it's the south of India, the climate is good, and generally speaking, in India, the south is better than the north, and the poorest and most chaotic states are basically in the north.

However, these are secondary geographical and climatic reasons, the most important of which is that Kerala is governed by a communist, proletarian, party, and you will know in a few days. ”