Last Day of our Tour in Delhi

On to New DelhiOn to New DelhiI slept well despite the guy constantly walking through the compartments late into the night and early in the morning chanting “Chai, Chai, Chai” over and over again. How many sales does he think he’ll get when everyone is trying to sleep?Our overnight train from Varanasi arrives on time.  New Delhi seems serene compared to Varanasi…now that’s saying something. We head back to …

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New Delhi and the Red Fort

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 …

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