Hi, it's 3 am here and I cannot sleep. I am also half waiting for a
guy to join me to share a room, he is on my tour too but hasn't
arrived yet, maybe he won't now.
Today I had a good day, good because I made it out in particular. Over
breakfast I met some people who have just finished what I am about to
start, we chatted over breakfast and all three were off to a bakery
around the corner and they asked if I'd like to join them, this was
exactly what I needed. I am not sure I'd have been able to push my
self out of the lobby otherwise!
We all went for a wander around the immediate local area, Karol Bagh.
This area has lots of shops and is a little rough i'd say, well I
don't have much to compare against really except with some
Posh houses I saw this afternoon.
Any way, the two youngest girls, erm Lucy and Sarah? had to leave me,
and then it was just Gill and I, Gill was mainly after salt biscuits
for her room bound hubby but she accompanied me to the AirTel shop ;)
We returned to hotel and parted saying another goodbye! I think this
will begin to be a theme, altho I did see Gill again, we shared the
dinner table this evening where she passed me her tips on, showed me a
map of where I'll be off too and shared my experiances of India so far.
She and husband have been out of Uk since last year, both retired, she
was a former PE teacher, they have 2 sons around the world and
managed to go to Mumbai for their attacks and almost Bangkok for there
airport kerfuffles.
Back to the day, I got back to my room and called up my friend from
the Internet who has been in Delhi for about a week now, first time we
had really spoken on phone, and arranged to meet up.
This was no simple task for me, well more scary than tough, I needed
money and a 'green and yellow' taxi thing maybe it's a Tuk Tuk here too.
I was followed to cash machine by a guy wanting to practice English, I
had the idea to ask where he was going and he said Anywhere! Alarm
bells sound so I say goodbye and walk briskley clutching my bag, then
the driver of the tuk tuk thing who had been following me for a block
was talking to me, I ask a price to India Gate he says 100 rupees, I
say 50! He laughs and says "no where
In Delhi" whatever that means… I hop in, making small talk and
telling him I want to go direct, and no where else after and that I
don't want to shop or anything( every rides like this, and scary)
I arrived unscaved to meet Keeley, dressed in local attire and big
shades she had a fleet of fans and a troupe of little beggars almost
changing "10rupees" constantly. They followed us for a long time until
we took a tuktuk to
Cross the road to goto Lodhi Gardens.
Lodhi gardens was quite a relief, quiet, calm, green, we shared some
macaroons that tasted of smoke while watching squirrels ( the tiny
ones I thought were
Chipmunks) we wandered around some Muslim outdoor mosque and burial
chambers there, saw what we think was a Woman giving someone a bj and
then left! I'll have photos to upload of the park!
After we wanted to visit the tibet
Museum but a taxi driver told us the wrong way, we think it was
deliberate, time was getting on and both busting for a loo we wander
into the swankiest place ever! We thought we'd have just one drink,
and use the facilites.
The bar/restaurant I'm sure will be the best one I'll set into for a
long long time, even nicer than places back home! So of course they
had London priced drinks, we shared nachos, falafel, and 4 cocktails.
2 horrid 2 nice ;) but cocktails is a bit misleading, it was more a
bloodymary, vodka and redbull, mulled wine and gin and tonic, all with
a twist of something else, it wasn't till after when we had realized
we had sipped the entire drinks away ICE and all that we thought
ooopS!! ice here is strictly off limits, I'm hoping my current ache is
cos of my chilli chicken and chilli garlic rice!
I hear people now! 4am is it my buddy?
Anyway back to evening now, was a good afternoon fun ;) we shared a
tuktuk home and I of swindled an extra 50 rupees but that's ok! I'm
glad we made it, it took forever and he wanted to take me shopping!
They take u and get comission. Oh and we only got a little lost!
That's good!
So once in I pay off my mountain of room tab and head up for dinner, I
me two girls in the first part of my tour, cannot recall names but I'm
suee I'll know soon enough.
Better try get some sleep! Back hurts strangley, probably kidneys LOL
Xxx
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Philip Anderson
"it's always an adventure"
http://vwhiz.com/blog
