Our interdisciplinary delegation met excitedly at Zurich Airport on Thursday, 29 March at 2 pm. We were about to set off for Focus India 2012!
After a punctual departure from Zurich with Qatar Airlines, we landed 6.5 hours later at a hot and windy Doha airport (Qatar). The contrast to this atmosphere hit us after we entered the Airport and got right into the duty-free-zone with its cold and perfumed air. We first felt kind of lost amongst these people from such different cultures. Even at midnight there were still many more people than at 4 pm in Zurich earlier that afternoon. After a short delay we landed tired at Delhi International Airport, India.
Passing through immigration and customs smoothly we were greeted by our driver who proceeded to give us a taste of the Indian traffic system with all its different kinds of vehicles. So our bus ride to the hotel took a little bit longer than expected, but we finally arrived there tired but happy on Friday morning.
Fabienne Aubry, Pieter Perrett