After a very calming five weeks at Bodhi Zendo it was time to leave and make my way up to the Himalayas. First stop was Delhi, the capital of India. Spent four days in this heat furnace with temperatures approaching mid 40s and the imminent monsoon nowhere in sight. It was very unpleasant wandering around but still I love the Old Delhi area which I visited almost daily. It is just so interesting.........a bit like Bangkok Chinatown area but ten times larger and also a bit like the medinas of Morocco as some of the lanes are very narrow and no cars. The place has a fascinating mix of all the various religious places of worship.....Muslim, Jain, Sikh and Hindu (no Buddhist temples here). And there is a corresponding mix of the different people from all over India. And finally there are the old ways of doing things (e.g. hand drawn goods cart, bullock carts, cycle rickshaws, etc.) on the surface while a state of the art metro ferries the masses below. I had meals a few times at the famous 100 year-old Karims (Mughlai cuisine) and it was excellent........especially naan with mutton curry (their specialty).
Connaught Place was disappointing as it is just one huge construction zone.....dust everywhere. The place is getting rebuilt/refurbished for the coming Commonwealth games in October. In fact the whole of Delhi (except Old Delhi) seemed to be undergoing major constructions. So I didn't spent too much time sight-seeing. Instead I spent more time sampling the culinary delights that Delhi has to offer. In any case I find the rest of Delhi rather uninteresting other than Qutb complex where the world's tallest brick minaret, Qutb Minar is found.
As mentioned above I spent most mornings wandering in the Old Delhi area and here are the faces of Old Delhi that I managed to capture ..............................
Connaught Place was disappointing as it is just one huge construction zone.....dust everywhere. The place is getting rebuilt/refurbished for the coming Commonwealth games in October. In fact the whole of Delhi (except Old Delhi) seemed to be undergoing major constructions. So I didn't spent too much time sight-seeing. Instead I spent more time sampling the culinary delights that Delhi has to offer. In any case I find the rest of Delhi rather uninteresting other than Qutb complex where the world's tallest brick minaret, Qutb Minar is found.
As mentioned above I spent most mornings wandering in the Old Delhi area and here are the faces of Old Delhi that I managed to capture ..............................
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