The flight over from Turkey was fine although we landed at 3am so not the best timing. We changed some money and got a Taxi to Paharganj (for those of you who havent been it ca be summed up by the famous star wars line "Never before have you seen such a hive of scum and villany". Anyway as we passed the sleeping people and cows along the side of the dirt road we were glad to see our hotel. Relief was short lived as they had no recor of our booking and no rooms available other than one which seemed to be themed on prisoner cell block H. We stood at the reception desk while the staff fussed about and as Nicola was reading a notice about the "luxury tax" at the hotel a mouse ran past her on the reception counter....needless to say I was sent out to find some alternative. The street was not lit and all the hotels lock up at 12 so I had to wake the staff up by banging on the doors to check availability. A couple of hotels later I found a place and after a good bit of haggling we took a room. The place is nice although a little whacky (its got a fishtank set in the wall and another wall is completely lined with mirrors. Anyway we certainly know we are in Delhi and we have really enjoyed it. All this stuff is just part of the fun. We have booked train tickets to Shimla and seen a few of Delhi's sights such as Jama Masjid - a massive mosque that can hold 25000 people and the Red Fort. We also managed to post some stuff we don't need back home. The process is quite funny in that a tailor who works in the post office sews up your package in cloth for a small fee. We opted for air mail after being told that sea mail wouldn't arrive until "next year".
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