Delhi can feel overwhelming for the bustle: escape by train to Agra and the Taj to breathe. Tokyo for its foreigness, utterly safe though even ordering food or a drink can be mind-boggling and culturally glorious: just absorb it and let people help — arigato! São Paulo for its size: get to know a local. Rio for its speed: stay long enough to catch up. Cairo for crossing the road: learn to walk like an Egyptian. New York for being New York: look for those spontaneous moments of sincerity that reveal humanity behind the sense of isolation.
Delhi can feel overwhelming for the bustle: escape by train to Agra and the Taj to breathe. Tokyo for its foreigness, utterly safe though even ordering food or a drink can be mind-boggling and culturally glorious: just absorb it and let people help — arigato! São Paulo for its size: get to know a local. Rio for its speed: stay long enough to catch up. Cairo for crossing the road: learn to walk like an Egyptian. New York for being New York: look for those spontaneous moments of sincerity that reveal humanity behind the sense of isolation.