Last Day in New DelhiQutab MinarJohn and I have a leisurely morning. We take the stairs to the lobby, passing one of the hotel staff making toast in the stairwell landing. We meet up with Garima for breakfast at the restaurant/sweet shop next to our hotel. It seems weird without the rest of the group. Garima leaves today for her home town of Jaipur.John and I head out by …
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 …
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 …
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 …