Today was a great first day in Delhi. We made the most of our one day stay on the front end of the trip. We will have another day the last day before we fly home. Our guide was excellent and he planned where we would go and I think he chose perfectly. We went to attempt to get us a cell phone to use here but we had understood that the copies of our passports would work and instead, we have to have the real passport (which were safely locked in the safe) so we will get them tomorrow when we reach Agra. We sent to several UNESCO world heritage sites today and they were just outstanding. For me, the best part was when I looked up and saw parrots in the trees all around. These were rose ringed parakeets and were just so much fun to watch. We also saw a lot of eagles. Will have to do some research to know what kind. We saw kites all over too. Who knew that a huge city could have a huge variety of birds-they did also have the usual pigeons which we did expect.
This was Qutar Minar...very pretty and interesting.
This was at Humayans Tomb.
We saw lots of goats today-being brought for a big Eid celebration on Nov 6th. They had them decorated and were just walking with them like you would walk a dog.
Delhi is an amazingly green city-lots of beautiful trees and flowers blooming. It is also crowded and a mix of old and new, delapidated and surprisingly modern and clean.
We had been warned about the smells, but today, there were no unpleasant surprises. It has been quite warm and certainly no need for jackets or long sleeves. In the shade, it is much more tolerable. I would not want to come in the summer!
After we wore out, we came back to the hotel which is so nice and peaceful. And it is attached to a mall so we walked over there and ate dinner and found a grocery-it shows how tired I was that I didn't even feel inclined to look around the mall at all. We got us some snacks and Cokes to take on the road tomorrow and we are ready to turn in. Jet lag is still plaguing us!
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