Delhi Belly and One Long Train RightScary Time at New Delhi Restaurant At 6pm our tour group meets at the hotel for our pre-tour briefing. There are six people in our tour group plus our guide, Garima. With us are Marlene, a retired nurse and her husband Jim, a retired pharmacist who are from Virginia, USA; Paul, a businessman from Cork, Ireland; and Jasmine, a software developer from Manchester, England. …
New Delhi Tour by Tuk TukConnaught PlaceOur resident doves watch as I shower. I swear those birds are wiping the window with their wings to see better.Today we are old pros using the subway. We are half an hour earlier than yesterday and it is jam packed.We exit at Ravji Chowk station which is the stop for Connaught Place- on a map it’s like a large spoked wheel with …
Taking Care of BusinessThe ProblemI love going to exotic places but hate using squat toilets. Not being used to them, I find the whole process difficult especially if I’m on a moving train. It is so much easier for men.The SolutionJust before our latest trip I read about the existence of a female urinary device. This contraption is shaped like an oblong flexible funnel. You just cup it around …
New Delhi and the Red FortFirst Impressions of New Delhi Air India whisks us to New Delhi in an hour. Upon exiting the airport, we find that the hotel mixed up our reservation and forgot to send our driver. We go to the prepaid booth and the guy quotes 3,800Rs. Knowing that the hotel’s cab was to be 1,400Rs, we squawk our displeasure. The guy comes down to 2,200Rs. I …