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New Delhi, India
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Another train ride, from Siliguri to New Dehli. We rode in a overnight sleeper train that took about 20 hours. The ride was enjoyable, as always, our cabinmates were very friendly. In this particular ride we met a Indian man who was actually on his way to Pheonix. The train fed us every 2 hours and the food was pretty darn good.
We stayed with a man named Arya for 2 nights about 20 km outside of New Delhi. We met Arya through an organization that we joined before we left the states. Servas International is a large group of individuals all around the world seeking and promoting peace. This was our first stay with a Servas member. It was pleasant. We didn't spend much time with him, but the small amount we did was enlightening. He is a Auyervedic doctor, and scholar of Ghandi. He has been part of the Servas organization since the 70's.
In New Dehli we spent a day going to the the National Museum and the Ghandi Museum, and just putzing around town.
We enjoyed Dehli. We got mixed reports from other travellers, most of them not liking the city at all. However, we felt differenlty. It was much more diverse socio-economically, seeing it is the capitol of India. Luckly we had just missed the 114 degree heatwave, the weather was a tolerable 100 degrees.
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