So many things happened so fast after landing here, that I have not yet found the time to jot those down. So, that i will add later.
Today, I came to the old city around 8 am, and wandered through its streets. I am dead tired of all the walking on day #2 itself! Its not that the lace is huge or distances large. On the contracry, the scale of the city is quite average.
But the heat, combined with the lack of seating and resting places, takes its toll. So that, by 11.30 I was hardly able to walk anymore! And I rather not walk in the afternoon. So i guess ill have to find a way to either go back to rest or find a place to do so in the afternoons.
The city is raveaged by roads, cars and endless construction. Even the heritages areas are awash with modern amenities and installations. The feeling of a heritage area is completely lost!
Every small detail is standardized in this city, and here i find the lack of humane touch defeating in purpose. Although every proportion is anthropometrially corrent in constrcution, the very appeal or quality of the end result is lost!
I found the people and tourists alike, going about their work and sightseeing mechanically. The zest for life is completely absent! Even the previldeged ones, who run amock over the sand dunes on their quad-bikes on weekends, are mechanical in their ramblings.
The enjoyment seems superficial only. Every person is lost in his or her world of problems, and the problems are visible on everyones faces.
The scales in this city are gigantic: from housing to roads and flyovers to electricity and infrastructure. But it seems that there is hardly any satisfacton for all the facilities available.
Also, this is a highly wasteful culture. Just because petrol is cheap, cars are left with their engines running for hours together. Air condition is everywhere, and water, which is so precious here, is used wastefully!
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