so my last post was done from the train. turns out the food we got was just supper and was then followed by a 3 course meal of soup and bread, an indian dish with naan and rice and 2 types of curries and then icecream, omg was SOO full by the time we got to delhi loved it tho! so arrived delhi, ripped off by a rickshaw driver (ok only like 20p but STILL it the principle!) and the place we booked was well...a dump. i know my standards are high but stil! yuck. anyways bunked down for the night and first thing got a nice new room WITH A HEATER and running hot water so that was lovely. Stayed in the tourist part of town and decided after a couple of hours of being hassled by touts, drivers, beggars and shop owners (what part of no do these people not understand we decided to head into new delhi to the shopping area. mished around there and was nice a peaceful, noone bothered us, all middle class people and also a lot less stares my way...ahhh peace! ended up having a great latte at one of the new age coffee shops gracing india...like indian version of starbucks. they are really keen to get themselves westernised. not really good shops, they are liking a lot of reebok etc and shoes are not good at all! dinner and died in our lovely warm room. i ad even done some washing!
net day we headed to old delhi and found the red fort, also a place where we just look like walking ATMs...
den led me on a wild goose chase to some ghats and we foind where gandi was buried, all closed and frankly v boring. arn had had enough. So tuktuk'd to the main bazaar rd in old delhi...never seen chaos like it! hundreds of people, cables and shit everywhere, tiiiiny lil alleyways for specific goods...we went down a camera one. really the place where normal delhites do this sort of shopping. den will have photos that explain old delhi better...can't put it into words...chaos and unbelievable. really was quite overwhelming. don't do this when you're hungry! (i should never do anything when i'm hungry)
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