Delhi - Part 2

I went out for a meal with Dean and Elsa last night.  To quite a posh restaurant.  The Legend of Connaught.  Had a fantastic meal, and then we sat drinking cocktails and talking bollocks for about 3 hours.  I'm trying to upload the photos, but not sure the connection is good enough.

Also, had beer on the rooftop terrace at the hotel. 

Delhi is nice at night, all lit up.  The traffic is even madder at night though.  They're not exactly the kings of hi-vis.  People all dressed in black wading out into the traffic trying to stop cars from running them over.  Stray dogs wandering in and out of lanes of traffic.  The dogs seem very docile.  Not like dogs at home that come up to you and want some fuss.

Walked home at midnight past people sleeping under their rickshaws.  Things don't close at night, maybe because the people don't have anywhere else to go.

The hotel is very nice.  They let you use the internet for free too.  I'll probably build my bike in the morning, and see if I can get the nerve up to ride it.

I can't decide if Indians are terrible drivers or brilliant drivers. Dean says they've got excellent spatial awareness.  They use every bit of space there is, and they use the horn all the time, but it just seems to mean 'I'm here'.

Put Elsa in a taxi at 12.30.  She was quite drunk and insisted on paying for last night with her remaining rupees.  She had to get a flight at 4 am.

Just going for breakfast and then we're off to see Gandhi's memorial.  He was shot just near here, and now there's a park there.

And then we might go see a Sikh temple and some other stuff.

Just been followed for a bit by a woman trying to get us to give her money to help children in Bangladesh.  She was quite nice to us until we said no and then she followed us for a bit calling us bastards.  Then she spotted some other tourists and went off to speak to them instead.  

I had scrambled eggs, cold beans, coffee and toast for breakfast.  There was lots of savoury stuff aswell but I didn't know what it was.