I wasn’t aware — before going to India — that this country is completely cuckoo for cricket. They actually won the T20 World Cup (in the finals against Pakistan).
Really, cricket is the most boring game I have ever watched. At least, the locals were all nice and messed up and exhilarated but the game is even worse than baseball.
On our way to work, Jan and I got stuck in the thickest, most cramped traffic. Instead of our usual 45 minutes for 8 kilometers we got stuck for over 2 hours in the cortege of the Indian team parading themselves on a tour bus. Thousands of people streamed unto the streets, losing shoes, crashing into cars. A colleague sent me these pictures:
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