Sarai Gurgaon

... temperature, but you couldnt go too far out as the waves would just take you out. Bikini top definitely came down a few times! Had had really nice evening with the group and had 80 rupee cocktails (which is just over a pound). Much better than London prices! We even had fireworks in the bar as it was Diwali.

Day 20: Last full day in India and what better way to spend it than back on the beach topping up the tan! I had to give in and hire a sunbed as the water kept ...

... parked opposite the Lal Qila (Red Fort). Walking along the pavement is hard work and Raj prefers walking on the road just inches from the various forms of transport. It's not a comfortable experience and crossing the road is even worse. The concept of keeping in lanes is totally foreign here as everyone weaves into whichever gap they can see. I do have to commend the skill of the drivers though as they know the size of their vehicles like the back of their hand and ...

... de Triomphe, dedicated to all Indians soldiers that died during the many wars... Nizamuddin is a beautiful mosque with its markets around, spices, women praying aside from men, everybody shoeless... It was great to be the only foreigner there, I felt lucky to witness all that but it also made the beggars' prey and I did get the occasional weird stare... the whole day ended up costing me 24euro, not bad, despite my paying more than the locals to get into places...
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... was carpeted in a sea of resting and sleeping people with a heavy air of organised confusion, so I think we may have to get there early on Sunday when we plan to travel to Agra.
The Red Fort itself has had a fairly exciting history being occupied by various maharajahs and of course the British Army who based themselves there and constructed barracks for 10,000 soldiers. It provided a strong base to carry out the Empire bashing around the region ...

... of water. On a challenging climb with a hot sun, I would typically drink a liter of water in 3-4 km. I had a one liter water bottle and so did Aadhar which would never take us to Sahiya, 18 km uphill. We needed water and there was no village, no shops and no dhabas in the route.

Finally, when we ran out of all the water, I had no option but to flag down a passing military vehicle and beg for water. We got some and it was ice cold. It felt great. It did a great deal of good ...

... Cafe" on the third floor of the hotel which was wonderful. The service was great, food was well presented and delicious. It must be new to this hotel since no one had mentioned it to us. We found out about it from a note from the manager in our room. Anyway, it was great, and very reasonably priced. Well, off to bed to build up energy for a full day of exploring Delhi tomorrow.

Scho z chlote am flughafe haet euis de erst gluecksfall troffe...es upgrade id business class fuer de flug vo london nach delhi :-) zum glueck haemer ja au s hotel in dehli scho reserviert gha uebers internet und drum uf en gmuetliche afangstag in delhi ghofft...waered da noed d inder im spiel!! s erste womer in indie gseh haend, isch en vome bus ueberrollte toefffahrer zmitzt uf de strass ...

... kept pace with the growth in urban population. This point was in fact highlighted in papers on Census data. For instance, Ram B Bhagat and Soumya Mohanty of International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, in a paper on Trends and patterns of India's Urbanization: A ...

... to the mall so they could funnel everybody through a metal detector. Like a couple of other places we'd been they actually had 2 metal detectors, one for men and one for women. The womens queue also had a privacy screen so that a female guard could wand each female coming through without intruding on her sense of decency or something. We've actually seen these metal-detector queues all over the place in our stay here. I can understand why they are trying to create a sense of ...

... constantly shouting "you're not listening, I'm the boss!" Hey, it's better than "I'm sorry man, I love you. No really, I LOVE you." Yeah no comment on that experience. Regardless, we had an excellent time eating, talking, and eavesdropping. The walk back was nice but it started to rain a bit...hopefully everyone will survive over the weekend and turn back up for training again on Monday sans head cold.