Thursday, November 8, 2012

First Full Day in India (Wed., Nov. 7th)

After a wonderful sleep (at last) and a sumptuous buffet breakfast, we left the Hotel for a day of taking in the sites of Delhi.

We started the tour with a drive through various neighborhoods and then went for a rickshaw ride through a market area in Delhi.......sidewalks and streets streaming with cars, buses, rickshaws and pedestrians!!

We visited a number of temples and monuments including Mahatma Gandhi's memorial at the site of his cremation, the Jama Masjid, India's largest mosque.....it is considered one of the world's loveliest houses of worship. Visited a UNESCO World Heritage site - the world's tallest free standing Mineret. Saw many other sites, one of which was the Parliament Buildings which had a whole slew of Canadian flags flying alongside the Indian flags.....Turns out that Mr. Harper is/was in the country!!!

We ended our long day at a Restaurant where we were served samples of many different Indian dishes......most of which were very tasty!

Back to the Hotel to pack up -- we have an early morning start, enroute to the city of Jaipur. Spent a bit of time checking out the US election result on CNN before turning out the lights for bed.

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