2. Food is incredibly expensive - Expect to pay about 150Rs for a single large eggplant when they are in season. A cyclone or a storm can push up the price to 250Rs. A head of cauliflower can cost up to 500 Rs. (I am not kidding),
3. Toilet paper - unlike India where your backsides are washed with jetsprays, here you need to use toilet paper
4. No pissing on streets or the bushes - Toilets are well and decently placed. And clean. Look for them
5. No litter on streets - Literally. If your frontage of the house on the street has grass growing on it, you are responsible keeping it like a cricket pitch.
6. Beaches are clean. You are expected to pick up your dog poo after it does the job and any rubbish or plastic you generate is to be collected and binned by you.
7. Trash costs money - On preset timings, the trash truck will come and collect the trash from the street outside your house. They have to be in preassigned plastic bags or bins. The preassigned bags cost you some dollars for a packet of five
8. The Police are actually polite - They will address you as "Sir" and ask you for your license or whatever they are after. If everything is fine, they will just let you go about your way. Just don't get caught drunk - you will get a free ride to the Police station and tested for alcohol.
9. There are 4 seasons in a day - Auckland especially is famous for changes in weather. You could go from Sunny to soaking wet in a matter of minutes and sunny right after.
10. 24 deg C is "Warm" - Your regular A/c temp is considered warm. Summer in the Indian sense does not exist. The highest temperature during peak summer is about 30 deg c with NZers screaming bloody murder and going out in the street with chaddis and ganjees
No comments:
Post a Comment