Sunday, 17 February 2008

2006_09_01_archive



News from US - Part 1

It's been three weeks (almost!) into my US stay and here is a my

report as promised :) This is what I've experienced and felt

throughout my stay so far. Note that I am in Athens Georgia and US is

a huge country ;)

1. People are friendly and helpful. I've heard many times that

American people are arrogant and selfish but so far all the people

I've met have been friendly and helpful. Specially the folks in the

university are very good to people.

2. The infrastucture and facilities available to people are amazing. I

come from a country which has lesser resources so that could be the

reason to my amazement :) But I can't help it. I still get amazed that

when I see the highway network.

Well that is not all. It's not all good that I have to say ;)

1. If you don't have some sort of automobile (car/SUV/motorbike) then

you are in a lot of trouble. There is a bus service to the apartment I

stay but it is not there in public holidays and limited in weekends.

All shops are miles away and you cannot just rely on your feet to take

you around :) I've been in US a few times before but I had 'corporate

backup' and could afford to hire a taxi when needed. But now I have


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