Monday, December 13, 2010

Does this look like the Indian Consulate?


We'll be stopping in India for a week on our way to Kenya in January since we already had tickets to return there.  To save time and money, Mandy and I were hoping to get our tourist visas for India while here in Paraguay.  The Indian visa website lists a consulate here in Asunción, Paraguay.  We scribbled down the address and began walking around the city trying to find it.  We found the right street, but we couldn't see the consulate anywhere.  We were so confused.  We asked several people for help, but they could only point us in the direction that the address should be.  Finally we went into Goodyear Tires and asked one of the employees if he knew where the consulate was.  He just simply pointed to the Chevy dealership and said, "It's up there."  [Insert our blank stares here.]

Sure enough, on the second floor, inside the dealership, above the car salesmen's desks, lies the Indian consulate of Paraguay.  It's a small closet with a desk and a few chairs.  The Paraguayan woman who operates it explained that they don't really do visas.  They only collect people's needed documents and mail them to the embassy in Argentina...for a fee.  Of course, she explained that we could do the same thing for less money using DHL.  The whole process takes at least a week.  Needless to say, we don't have our visas yet.

And though we still have no idea what the Indian consulate in Paraguay actually does all day, we do have to thank the Indian government for their contribution to the American auto industry.

1 comment:

  1. hahahaha! I'm sorry! :) That is a great story though. Miss you guys.

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