We arrived at Old Delhi Station and it's almost 12 noon, about 16h on the train, most of them asleep or trying, the 3-hour delay is no longer a novelty. We left the station and the first ciclorickshaw that we see with nice face you say we take Paharganj which is the area where we want to take the hotel. Half an hour later we arrived at the plaza of the bazaar and there between reading the paper this Lakhan, waiting since 9 am, Mr Lakhan is a crack. We take room, we stick a restorative shower and eat. Lakhan leads to Bengali, where luxury eats a delicious thali.
Going a bit of sightseeing in New Delhi, India Gate, we walked by the Tibetan Market, went to a grave that had been designed by the same who made the Taj Mahal and a Sikh temple who called us a lot of attention is the India's largest, is a religion in which everyone is equal, regardless of race, religion, social status, anyone who wants to help, either financially or with work, you are of religion you are, have a high social where daily they feed 15000 people for free, a Sikh temple led us and taught us all the intricacies. Everyone is welcome to his temple, you should only show respect for their sacred book is the greatest thing they have, they have no image of any god. A Sikh must be 5 requirements in appearance, never cut his hair, turban, long underwear, knife, comb, are the things that distinguish a Sikh. Most Sikhs are wealthy, educated, which gives a lot of capital to social causes, particularly in the temple is free, food, parking, housing, for anyone who needs it.
We are very shocked as organized labor, and their way of trying to help others.
Lakhan we finally say goodbye, because I could not show us the next day Old Delhi, or take the airport on day 1 was an emotional farewell, but we agreed to meet again at another time.
We stopped at Gold Regency Hotel to greet the Shah and in the process catch up with the Internet, as always very friendly. His family came and invited us to dinner with them. Shah's wife gave to Cathrin a shawl, and talked with them a long time.
Hotel Regency Gold (+91-9899015552 shahjalalc@yahoo.com and gmail.com, www.shahindia.net) having a very nice person who runs Mr Shah where the India Dolphin Tour your agency where you plan it all, I put the phone and email contact as it is very relevant and desirable.
The bed was calling us, good night!
31/01/10
This morning we have hit the sheets, are at 10:30 and go to breakfast at the India Club, very nice terrace with great food, veggie burger 45 inr, 35 inr pankake chocolate banana, chai 15inr, by just over 1 € energized going to visit Old Delhi.
Saleem call ciclorickshaw conductor, who comes to pick up at 11:30, do the whole tour, visiting the largest mosque in India, Red Fort, the market for the species, a Jain Temple more 1000 years with the occasional child rather representation which saw images of their gods, Mughal art was, it was good.
Between streets almost empty when Sunday, do not think the day before and we play walk this way, there were places open but it was a weekday Saleem told us. Anyway, enjoy it fully, but on our next visit to Delhi we will in a week day to really see what heats up the market environment, silk, silver, shoes, spices, vegetables, there are streets for all sort of thing. We visit Old Delhi slope indeed.
Saleem We said goodbye and went to eat at India Club again. We did some shopping and at dusk, ottoman, pillows, lamps, wooden earrings, the singing head balls traiande us and we went to hang out with Shah Gold Hotel, always helped us with the journey from the beginning and we take a taxi from the airport there as well.
We spend hours at Gold, Santy and Vanessa talked on the phone, because tomorrow we will meet in Kochi in southern India and managed a little blog that we had delayed adding photos. We have spent over 3 hours in talks with Shah, the Internet, and characters displayed in the lobby of Gold. We said goodbye to Shah, with the promise of this that the next time we meet together to enjoy a little trip to India with his family, we'll see.
We go to India Club for dinner, and almost bring us the red carpet as we entered, is the third time today, but American franchise that is roll in the style of restaurant, serving all kinds of food, Japan, China, India, Italy all fantastic and the price of laughter.
Prepare everything for tomorrow at 7am we take a taxi to the airport to catch our flight to Kochi Kingfisher, with a scale of 1 hour in Hyderabad in central India.
Bye bye Delhi, we hope to return soon.
