Delhi..I have no words!

After more than 30 hours of travel we arrived in Delhi on Monday and we are still in a bit of culture shock.  People, traffic, dogs, cows...you find it all right out the front door.  Quite a culture shock, to say the least.  We have discovered that the food is fabulous and so far are doing well even after drinking Masala tea our rickshaw driver got us from a “friend”.  Let’s just hope our luck continues.
Speaking of the rickshaw, we survived a day of traveling by rickshaw.  I convinenced Andrew we should take one from our hotel to the Red Fort. Much confusion ensued in explaining where we wanted to go, but after a long detour to a place we did not want to visit he was on his way. It was fine until we got on the main road with the buses and trucks, let’s just say our driver had no fear. Of course I have to admit the ride through the small streets of Old Delhi had its own interesting expereinces. Though I believe the guy fleeced us on the cost of the trip, I can’t imagine a ride at Disney invoking as much fear and entertainment...so we decided it was worth the price.
We head out to Agra in the morning.  I hope to be a little more inspired to write from there...the honking outside the hotel just isn’t getting me in the writing mood tonight.

Posted on January 19, 2009 at 11:40 PM

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