Sheraton New Delhi Hotel

... They<br>moved to their current apartment a year ago and so their son has not<br>spent more than a day here. This means not only do we keep hearing<br>about their old place at N3 which has now taken on a dream-like<br>quality but also they cannot seem to quite make peace with their<br>existence here. Thankfully he is coming home in December, a much<br>anticipated visit to which of course we and our family are invited!<br>They like most middle class Delhi-ites have ...

... then thinking about getting home for Christmas, this is the last leg of an amazing journey that we don't want to end, adjusting to life back in Australia is sure to be difficult after such a long time away from any kind of regular life in society.<br><br>What's hot? Freedom<br><br><br>First we take a bus to Manali, a good stopover place before travelling further north, we lashed out and bought tickets on the comfortable delux bus at double the price of the state bus.<br><br><br><br><br><br>

... just landed. It doesn't come as a surprise that after picking up my luggage and getting into a rickshaw I get into a quarrel with the driver, who in fact rips me off (may be as a vengeance) afterwards telling me he doesn't find my hotel (may be because we were not even in the right street). At the end I gave him an extra 50 Rupies (less than 1 Euro) so that he drops me right in front of the hotel, as it is already pitch black, it is raining and I don't feel like ...

... the short term and equity for the long term'. This is a basic fundamental of investing and can be followed across all age groups and tenures. If your liquidity position allows you only a short tenure, equity can never be an option as it carries an element of risk. This holds good irrespective of the market environment. In the current environment, investors can get swayed by equity and ...

... and volume of pictures taken. There is also the 2000 year old Hindu black iron pillar close to the centre of the complex which is centuries older than anything else on the site. Our final stop for the day was at the Humayun Tomb. This Mughal built mausoleum was said to be built by the senior widow of Humayun in the 16th century. It is quite a stunning structure surrounded by gardens and water channels said to have inspired the architects who later built the Taj Mahal.

... So to this end, contact with others becomes inevitable, I have touched more dirty scruffs than I care to remember, you rub shoulders, have to put your hand on people to move them slightly, and have the same done back to you, its part of life here, everyone is trying to get somewhere, so if you are waiting for a bus or train, or ON that bus or train, you will be surrounded at all times at all angles, and normally be in close contact with everyone. This is ...

... into the Ganges. However, there are a number of exceptions where this does not happen. There are five types of people who generally had too much bad karma from their past life to deserve such an honourable sending-off. These are simply wrapped up and set adrift to be eaten by wild dogs and birds (we saw wild dogs by the banks eating something suspicious on several occasions). These unfortunates are pregnant women, holy men, people who died from a snake bite, those ...

... down to Karol Bagh, the huge bike market in Delhi to have a look. There was no real choice of what bike I was going to get, that was the easy part: A British classic, the Royal Enfield, the hard part was trying to find a good reliable one. If you don't know what an Enfield is then this quote from the book Shanteram may help: The Enfield of India 350cc Bullet was a single cylinder, four stroke motorcycle, constructed to the plans of the ...

... ones. We saw most of the sites in Delhi in one day. We went to a few palaces, temples, and forts in the area. There are so many temples and forts in this region because of their busy history. Basically there are a lot of forts because they constantly had to defend their cities from enemy invasion. There are many temples because they are very religious. Mostly Hindu. And there are a lot of palaces because they were ...