Park Plaza Gurgaon

... hands and forearms, and a<br>bindi dressing my forehead, I set out tot Joytis house. There she<br>suggested we go to the 'crown plaza' a nearby shopping mall, I had no<br>other plans so we set off. Whilst waiting for Joyti outside, Tinku a<br>friend of Joyti's and Chillis recognized me whilst riding home, so<br>decided to stop and say hello. I invited him to join us, there we had<br>lunch and he purchased me a gift of earrings for inviting him, I then<br>suggested we go to the pub ...

... and they truly take away from the adventure of traveling. so on this trip i decided i was to not buy or look at one lonley planet, safe to say im still on track! so i apoligize now if i dog on poeple throughout this trip who spend to much time reading about where to pick up a bus or where another city is. anyways after a few hours of snapping pictures and touring through museums at the fort i mad my ay across the street to a massive mosque. the gentleman who built ...

... hour, we talk to an oily-haired man in small building who proceeds to tell us that our train tickets were never actually confirmed in the first place and that we would be much better off buying a Golden Triangle tour package from them and that we won't be able to book anything anywhere else because of the Muslim holiday. Other tourists are occasionally ushered into the building, looking just as lost and bewildered as Haylee and I feel. But it is very dark, and we are very alone, and ...

Last night we went down the local park and did some serious sport, well cricket in fact! We had a bat and a bowl and some of the local kids joined in. Liz got chatting to the women and children who were fascinated by the fact she was not wearing sleeves and that Isobel was left at home reading. It was a tight match but I would probably say that India edged it on the run rate!<br>We then took our hosts out for dinner to the Indian equivalent of Pizza Hut ...

... their size.<br>that day, just as we were thinking about stopping for lunch, i turned round to make sure briggs was still behind me. i fact he had stopped, and was staring at a plant on the lower side of the track.i joined him, wondering what was so interesting. "what is it?" he asked.<br>"i think its hemp. they must make rope."<br>lakpa had seen us staring at the plant, and was wearing a slightly dark expression.<br>"is this hemp?" i asked. lakpa shook his head slowly.<br>"they ...

... storied buildings in bhiwadi. They have completed 13 projects in Bhopal till now and also have a 700 apartment complex in the city. They are in the process of making one of the tallest buildings in Cochin, which will boast of features like individual helipads. The bdi group is looking at extending its operations at jodhpur, indore, Chandigarh, mohali, sonepat, Amritsar, Bhopal and meerut.<br><br>After Chennai, Bhopal ahmedabad ...

... to wait till we get home to join the generation of pierced noses.  We ventured out to the New Delhi train station one day to see if we could get first class AC tickets to Varanasi. We had a romantic notion that we should at least attempt 1 train ride. You know, a la 'Darjeeling Limited' (if you haven't seen this movie yet you have to!) Besides the fact that there was only second second class AC (which meant no lockable compartment- the Delhi to Varanasi train is known for ...

... interest, smiling. Soon her questions were done and I, naturally, had questions of my own! I was (and have been I must admit) curious to speak to Indians, ask questions, basically I am/was over-excited and bubbling over like a child the night before Christmas or a birthday! I wanted to know about her culture, where her home was, about her life as an Indian woman. A captive (captured?) audience, right next to me, right before the flight to Delhi! Still smiling at one ...

... some other part of the grounds. Defenitely on the list for our next trip. After the tomb, we went back and picked up Devika and she instructed the driver to head out to this place called Dilli Hat or something like that. I guess it is a craft bazaar that is trying to get representation from all the various states of India. You actually have to pay admission to get inside. But the place is kept up really well, with lights in the trees and clean walkways and even a little grass ...

... and a big table full of bangles (the brightly colored bracelets that go with the traditional indian outfits) The first part was working through each woman in the room (there were many of them) and then a period of time where people were mostly sitting around chatting. It was a beautiful sunny day at a stunning house they had rented for the event. The second part was everybody going down to the basement annd watching a couple of choreographed bollywood dance numbers they ...