Smelly Delhi

And so, after spending the majority of our day on the plane we arrived in Delhi. Unfortunately none of the cash machines were working so we had no way of paying for a taxi to our hotel. However, it turned out we had enough spare baht (just) to convert and secure our transport.

First impressions of Delhi are that it is rather smelly, rather smoggy, very busy and extremely noisy. Ben was in India a few years back but thinks it is even worse than before. We stayed near the New Delhi Train Station on the Main Bazaar - it was jam-packed with people, cycle-rickshaws, auto-rickshaws, mopeds, cars and even cows...

However, we headed out by rickshaw to Connaught Place, a sort of Westernised slice of Delhi. We had a bit of a look around the shops, sought out some souvenirs in the markets and emporiums as we eased ourselves into the Indian way of life - though Kat can't quite get used to people staring at us and even taking our picture!

The next day we went to see the Red Fort, which is near Old Delhi. It's quite an impressive place, though admittedly looking a bit tired these days - in the evening we went to see and "sound and light show" - which involved a guy talking while the different buildings were lit up. It was alright I guess, but it was nice to see the fort by night and even learn a little history.

In between our visits to the fort we went on a rickshaw ride around Old Delhi, exploring all the different markets that are on display - it was a brilliant, though tad uncomfortable, ride and brilliant to see the variety on goods on offer.

Although interesting for a while, Delhi probably has a limited amount to see so we were glad to head off to Amritsar for the next leg of our journey.