October/November 2015
So we are off again to India, this time with Sheila, Bob, Di and John - should be a good trip. Below is a map of where we are going for the next month......it's also a time for me to sit in comfort and test whether this blog still works.....it's been a while!
We start in Delhi travelling all the way across to Jaisalmer and then up to Shimla and Amritsar
before heading home again. An exciting adventure?????
Arrived to temperatures of 36c....and promptly wilted! Lovely to be back in bedlam, the traffic, the people, the cows, the dirt, the smells...got off the plane and went straight into "tourist mode" whipping through Old Delhi & New Delhi in 2 days seeing the Red Fort, Chandni Chowk (bike rickshaw through tiny bazaar-crammed lane), Humayan's Tomb, India Gate and so much more.
Curry for breakfast, lunch and supper (pity I'm not that keen on curry..) but great for Doug as he has food buddies in Sheila, Bob, Di and John. Food still amazingly cheap.
Spent some time in a Sikh temple at sunset which was so tranquil after the madness out on the streets, have a great deal of time for this religion as they feed (in this particular temple) up to 40,000 people a day, free food for anyone who comes, which when you see the poverty here is a truly remarkable achievement and and all the work is done by volunteers.
Writing this on the road to Mandawa - out of the city now and into the Shekawati region and
gorgeous painted havelis (houses). Travelling in a small minivan with a non-English speaking driver, so time to kill, although the roads are packed with lorries and the driving makes my hair stand on end!!!!
All good so far, avoided dengue in Delhi which is prevelant at the moment (well, think we have avoided it, haven't been bitten by mossies so that's good as its how it is spread!! )
So we are off again to India, this time with Sheila, Bob, Di and John - should be a good trip. Below is a map of where we are going for the next month......it's also a time for me to sit in comfort and test whether this blog still works.....it's been a while!
before heading home again. An exciting adventure?????
Curry for breakfast, lunch and supper (pity I'm not that keen on curry..) but great for Doug as he has food buddies in Sheila, Bob, Di and John. Food still amazingly cheap.
Spent some time in a Sikh temple at sunset which was so tranquil after the madness out on the streets, have a great deal of time for this religion as they feed (in this particular temple) up to 40,000 people a day, free food for anyone who comes, which when you see the poverty here is a truly remarkable achievement and and all the work is done by volunteers.
Writing this on the road to Mandawa - out of the city now and into the Shekawati region and
gorgeous painted havelis (houses). Travelling in a small minivan with a non-English speaking driver, so time to kill, although the roads are packed with lorries and the driving makes my hair stand on end!!!!
All good so far, avoided dengue in Delhi which is prevelant at the moment (well, think we have avoided it, haven't been bitten by mossies so that's good as its how it is spread!! )
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