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We went for a ride on the Metro to Connaught Place. The metro is a lot busier this year - you actually have to queue for a token. Although the queues are still fairly civilised there - unlike a lot of other ones in Indian suituations, where it’s every man for himself and the more elbows you have the better. Again, we went through an electronic gateway and were scrutinised by security guys. Mind you, the first guy looked at Paul’s bag and then I lifted mine towards him and said “woman’s things” and he waved me away. This mortal fear of womens’ handbags appears to be a worldwide phenomena. [read on]

Hi all.

Well, we made it. I’m now sitting in an internet cafe in Paharganj, Delhi.

The beginning of the trip was kicked off by a severe tasting session at the Duty Free shop in Auckland Airport. As far as drinks go, I can recommend the following:
Nah, never mind. The list is too long. However, may I say it was condusive to looking at a 12 hour plane trip with a slightly enhanced enthusiasm and by no means a dry whistle.

I had forgotten to take the scissors out of my spongebag, so I got had up by a customs guy. They didn’t open as wide as 6cm though, so he let me through. Neither he nor I could figure out how that lessened the killability of said possible weapon, but hey - who’s complaining? And combined with my lack of mean, killer look… [read on]

Yesterday afternoon, after several showers to reduce our skins to simmering point, we went for a ride on the Metro to Karol Bagh. The Metro has only just opened here, so it is all still brand new and shiny looking. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Last night was pretty interesting and sociable in a variety of ways. We were wandering around poking our noses into various shops of interest and then went down an alleyway to the local chai wallah for a cup of his ... [Continue reading this entry]

Train stations in Delhi are an interesting thing. People milling around, sitting around in piles, lying around sleeping and some people even actually doing some work. We had to walk up some stairs (dark, hot and very nefarious looking) to ... [Continue reading this entry]

Well, another hot day in Delhi. It actually gets hotter at night here, at one stage. Around the 8pm mark. Disgusting idea of a joke if you ask me. We watched a bit of a spectacle the other day that ... [Continue reading this entry]

Nighttime now and we’re back in our own neighborhood after another afternoon of cruising around. This time we traveled by motor rickshaw, which give the illusion of being safer than cycle rickshaw, but apparently are not. I did not bother ... [Continue reading this entry]

Well, settling to the Indian way quite nicely now. Yesterday was a bit of an adventure. We went to a bank around the corner and went and sat in a little room where some men were writing things in duplicate ... [Continue reading this entry]