The Return to Delhi

27th October - 1st November 2004.

We returned to Delhi for a day or two to book some travel for Rajastan. It turned into a bit of nightmare planning week, as we are in India and things don't ever happen according to plan. We even got to see some of the tourist attractions and still visit some train and plane ticket offices.

We stayed in the real-deal part of town Pahar Ganj. It is total madness but still kind of charming, in a night bazaar kind of way.

First stop was Raj Ghat to Honour the great Mahatma Gandhi and visit a museum of his life. The guy was a peace genius.

A good bit of Jason map work saw us walking over a motorway flyover to try and eventually get to the red fort before sunset.

Here you can see the light reflecting through some of the marble at the Red Fort.

Shan Jahan built this place, but he never moved here because he stayed in Agra; therefore you can see the similarities to the Taj Mahal.

There seem to be two types of Indians. Those who ask you to take a photo because they really want to see themselves on the camera, and those who want to ask you for money afterwards. This guy was the later, so he was swiftly told he had been deleted as he was too ugly.

This Isa Khan's tomb. A good example of Lodi architecture, it was pretty amazing.

Up until about ten years ago, a village lived around the tomb so most of the jewels have been borrowed.

Claire exploring inside the temples.

This is Humayun's Tomb. Built in the 16th century by Haji Begum, it is a good example of Mughal architecture.

View from outside the tomb looking out.

An Indian School Bus. This little gem can be regularly seen with one old guy pedalling while 10 screaming kids are locked jail-style in the back
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