We flew to Delhi today from Bhubaneshwar. Delhi, of course, is the capital of India. Originally under the Raj Calcutta was. Delhi is an ancient city. In the early 20th century they built New Delhi directly next to Delhi. Delhi is now a shadow of what it was under the Mughal emperors. Its twisted lanes are mostly filled with small stores, its streets amazingly crowded. It is Muslim in character. New Delhi is vast and spread out. It is where the government buildings and embassies are located. It has broad boulevards and tree line streets. It has lots of parks. What it doesn’t have is many stop lights. New Delhi was designed with round-a-bouts and these circular intersections eliminate the need for stop lights.
After checking into our hotel we took a cab to Connaught Place. It is one of the central shopping and business areas of Delhi. Think of it as Times Square / 42nd Street before there was any reservation. It has an amazing amount of people, cars, vendors, a cacophony of noise. We went to an underground shopping arcade that was a tacky as you can possibly imagine. Cathy had read of store that we wanted to visit, and to our amazement we found it. After some shopping we returned to the hotel for drinks. Courtney stayed at the hotel and Cathy and I went out for a VERY spicy Punjabi dinner. Ferris arrived tonight in Delhi and will be joining us. The four of us head off for Jaipur tomorrow.
I took no pictures today, so I am posting some from the last few days.
Where we are going there might not be Internet so Blogging will be intermittent.
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