Avalon Courtyard New Delhi

... the wrong way on dual carriageways, taking short cuts to side roads. Everyone drives in the outside lane (the lane with fewer bumps) so they overtake on either side, if you have your nose in front then you assume right of way.
Horns are sounded to say you are overtaking or want to overtake or don’t want to be overtaken or anything – you can get deafened on Indian roads.
In the cities Tuk-Tuks are like swarms of insects, they come ...

... help him “Shayad ye Dhanush chalaana janta hai par teer galat jegah ghus jata hai”

Next morning, Lui is feeling guilty & NRI aunty is probably trying Lui’s number (obviously he gave a chit with all his detail)

Dev- French Beauty is asking him about Lord Shiva & his Family. Dev -‘shiva has 2 sons, 1 is Krish & other is Hanumaan’. She crams it. Then she asks-‘what is famous thing of Jodhpur’. Bhukha Dev tells-‘ ...

... on the insurance side. Mind you this rental had a highly restrictive driving range of within the QLD main regions. Never mind, you never can drive out much further on a 7 day holiday at an RCI resort!!

Deliberately left the Gold coast to Sydney travel leg open, hoping to strike a 1$ deal with one of the rental company/portal wanting to get their vehicles back to Sydney. Options were with standby rental / Apollo camper van / Redsport car rental / space ship / bartrak

... balcony i can lean over and touch the opposite hotel wall....

There are open urinals everywhere...even in the main Bazaar road, where the men just stand and pee.... and the smell by these is horrible especially as they often leak and trail down the road!!!

but i will say, they do try.... every morning the streets start the day swept and clean ... its just with all the dirt and rubbish and people its impossible to keep it that way ...


there are loads of roof top ...

... total of 200 acres have been acquired in Rajarhat by DLF for the project and work is expected to start soon. The highrise complex will provide housing solutions to all three categories - lower, middle and higher income groups - and contain 8,000 apartments. Photo voltaic cells will be fitted on rooftops, terraces, refuge areas, balconies and window panes to generate power. Courtesy HT-dtd -17-01-09:

... in my journal about the first lesson: "I had my first sitar lesson! It was so great, but also really hard. It's hard to push down the strings, they are really thick and hurt my fingers; it was so great to be learning something that I was actually interested in. The sitar has something like 15 strings, and they are at different levels, it's really complicated. But my teacher was just perfect. He and old Sikh man, and very serious about music ...

... walked back to the car to go back to home base an old begger women holding a baby followed us and tapped on the windows as we were trying to leave. She kept on putting her hands to her mouth, wanting food. We are told not to look and just ignore beggers, but I will never forget this women's face. I can only imagine what her life may be like. When we got back we rested for a couple of hours and then the home base team took all the volunteers to a festival ...

... mall where we ate at... This was the extent of my seeing Delhi. Which brings me to R: How will she react when M tells her what we've done. Despite my principle: No man gets left behind or left out, the fact we're taking this new tour will screw R because it doesn't leave her with any option but ... 1) to pay money in order to join us OR 2) be ...

... up eating by candlelight. Not so great when you're in your hotel room and the power cuts out your air conditioning, because it is bloody hot in India. I awoke in the morning to hear very loud music coming from the street. There was some sort of festival going on with a parade. There were floats and elephants coming down the street done up in makeup like at the circus and people riding on them. It's not uncommon to see elephants, camels ...

... buffalo, goats, pigs, and many working camels. Most of the camels were pulling carts full of crops or supplies. I even saw a few monkeys running around. I took a first class train today. After three nights in Delhi, I felt it was appropriate. Breakfast and drinks were served during the 5 hour ride. All for under $9. Not bad. I usually opt for second or third class, but it was in the mid 80's when I got up at 05:00, so a/c seemed like a good idea. More next week....................