Delhi
I can't stop eating the food here; its so delicious, much nicer than at home. I never thought I could eat such spicy food every day...but I also thought Id get homesick and so far, I haven't. I think this is because I know were returning home sooner than originally anticipated.
The 5-hour journey to Delhi today was fascinating, as always. We passed lots of sugar-cane filled carts and lorries, oil refineries, wild boar running across the highway, men on bicycles holding onto the back of trucks doing 60 or 70 km/hour, dead, upturned cows with birds and dogs picking at the remains, intricately designed temples and mosques in the middle of fields, mud-huts, and so on...every walk of life imaginable! I even saw my first snake (and porcupine!)-charmer today. He nipped up next to me whilst I was taking a photo, and for a split second I was scared, and then I nonchalantly walked back to the car. Its amazing how unshockable one becomes...its a strange experience, quite nice really.
I am quite excited about our journey to Dharamsala, The Indian Railway network is the fourth largest in the world, and we will be going up some steep and narrow paths I believe.
Im looking forward to a decent night's sleep, (I doubt that I will get it tonight though), as last night a Bollywood film was being shot at our hotel. This entailed singing until 5am!
I hope that you are all well & happy,
Much love
Sam (& Emily too)
We spent yesterday in Agra, and did manage to see the sunset on the Taj Mahal from our hotel roof...from a distance. We wasted our time going there really, as the entrance fee for us both would have been 30! We couldnt believe how expensive it was, and we have to budget for more important items such as warm clothing for the Himalayas. Its going to be colder than we originally thought, unfortunately.
