Saturday, December 2, 2006
Delhi belly
Day 3 began in earnest with the hopes of getting a full day of touring in Delhi. Quickly changed hotels to one with a view. Saddled up in an auto rickshaw for the day and visited the National Museum, which is a diamond in the rough, Safdarjang and Humayun's tomb, topped off with a gnarly prawn curry, truly gnarly. You can see some pictures from the tombs but the cost for bringing a camera into the museum was nearly 400 rupees (almost 10 USD) so I scratched that. Started out with a tour of the museum which ended abruptly and ended up being guided by a history Ph.D candidate from the University. He knew his stuff but grabbed my arm way too many times...The main streets are mostly beautiful boulevards but the bazaars and alleys near the backpacker area constantly smell like human and cow shit. Actually that's not totally true, sometimes I smell dog shit too. I met a man in the street that tried to tell me about expanding my mind and visiting a guru, instead I bought enough incense off him to kill a neighbour for about 35 cents. gi'er.
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