Day 2 - Delhi in a Day

After a night of torrential rain we woke up at 8:30am feeling as though we hadn’t even been to bed, think the jet lag had taken its toll! After breakfast though, we were ready to set off for the sights!!
First port of call was the Indira Ghandi Memorial Museum. It was pretty much five rooms of front pages of the national newspapers, and you kind of had to work out what had happened over the last 100 years. Apart from the fact that weren’t even in chronological order, heavy brain tasks were not what we wanted at 9am. After the museum we visited the Qutub Minar, the world's tallest brick minaret dating back to 1193. The minaret was pretty impressive, although the huge eagle we saw trying to pick up a dog was awesome. Although a part of me is glad the dog escaped, I can’t help feel a little disappointed that I didn’t get to see a hardcore lesson into the hierarchy of the food chain!
The next stop at a Kashmir and Silk carpet makers is quite difficult to describe. It was like driving a Lamborghini with no breaks- fantastic to start with then just one big catastrophe. Pressured into buying a 2 x 4 foot rug for 120 quid we made a very rude getaway leaving a fat Indian man and his tash somewhat livid.
Next up was the Lotus temple, which looks similar to the Sydney Opera House. We had to take our shoes off for this one as it was a giant prayer room, but it was pretty average inside so we came straight and looked at it from the outside!
At dinner, we went to a restaurant where Sara and I decided to opt for mild curries as we were feeling a little tender. However, Sara’s curry was like eating lava with extra chillis’! So in good faith and being the gent I am, I sacrificed my delicious chicked Jal-Frezi for the curry that burnt a hole in my pants every time I passed wind.
The next trip on our one day mission through Delhi was Humayun's tomb, a breathtaking memorial tomb built in Mughal architecture. As well as bright green parrots and huge eagles that circled the tomb (the same ones that tried to eat a dog), we found a litter of 6 puppies, which were the most adorable things we’d ever seen. Our favourite was the little brown one, who Sara named “The Cute Little Brown One”.
Although we were due to visit a few more places, we were pooped, so only visited the Gate of India to take a quick snap, as well as the Presidents house and a Hindu temple!
Anywayyyyy… were off to get a curry (again!) so were gonna have another go at finding a mild one, if they exist.
Peace out……..holla x

Day 2 - Delhi in a Day

Delhi, India