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India Trip

Two members of our team, Chris Williams and Rob Jolly, are travelling to India to visit IIT Kharagpur. Click on the day numbers to get updates and pictures of their travels.

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Day 5:

In the morning we headed back down to the market for our daily supply of bottled water and our chance to look round some other stalls. Ignoring the stares of the locals, we noticed a store with stacks of spices we’d never heard of. The owner gave us a little taster of one of the unknown spices, forcing us to drown our insides with all the water in sight. We decided these would make perfect gift for our family and friends! Ensuring we avoided the bags of white power (customs might be a little suspicious of those ones), we bought a full range.

Once again the walk home was eventful with the busy roads parting for a bull casually walking down the street. Strangely the driver of a large lorry stuck behind got even more agitated as we stopped to take a picture.

With all the components arriving, we started manufacture of the wishbones that evening. We both got stuck in alongside 15 members of their team all working throughout the night to get the job done. They plan to have the car ready for engine mapping on the rolling road in a few weeks time, a tough deadline.  Work is often hindered by their lack of tools forcing them to improvise. On this occasion a spanner and screwdriver were being used to chisel out an area of the jig.

Around 3am we left the workshop. On the way home, Siddartha and Ganesh decided to arrange a trip to the beach tomorrow evening, where we would stay till sunrise. A pretty awesome idea!

women working the spices store ultra hot curry powder Angry Bull Angry lorry driver
Shaving in the market The workshop Rob working hard Make shift hammer and chisel Wishbone manufacture
Fri 01 Apr 2011, 14:04