Great to get back to B19, a place I know. It was a long flight via Kuala Lumpur. B19 has basins filled with orange & red flower petal designs. My room is decorated in reds & whites w/ a view through the trees, of the dome of Humayun's Tomb.
At night weather is chilly, and the marble floors are cool. It gets hot in the afternoons. It is very smoggy and dusty.
Also great to meet friends, Lise, and Tokyo friends Randy & Zita.
Day one (Tuesday, February 21):
Late start. Saw India Gate & Presidential Palace, from outside. We got to the entrance of the Moghul Gardens at the PP, but gave up because of the security lines & the requirement to check our bags.
We decided to go to an upscale market for southern Indian veg lunch. I had my first veg thali. Delicious.
I bought an Indian cell phone, while Lise found out than an iPhone here costs $890, and this tiny store sells 5 or 6 a day at that price!
At the end of the afternoon we took cool refuge in the Museum of Modern Art, where we saw a large exhibit by a famous, but forgettable Indian artist.
Transcribed by Lise from Peggy's dictation on the 6 hour drive from Delhi to Agra, a week after she arrived. Peggy gets carsick. Lise does not. We thought we'd get further in this account. We did not.
At night weather is chilly, and the marble floors are cool. It gets hot in the afternoons. It is very smoggy and dusty.
Also great to meet friends, Lise, and Tokyo friends Randy & Zita.
Day one (Tuesday, February 21):
Late start. Saw India Gate & Presidential Palace, from outside. We got to the entrance of the Moghul Gardens at the PP, but gave up because of the security lines & the requirement to check our bags.
We decided to go to an upscale market for southern Indian veg lunch. I had my first veg thali. Delicious.
I bought an Indian cell phone, while Lise found out than an iPhone here costs $890, and this tiny store sells 5 or 6 a day at that price!
At the end of the afternoon we took cool refuge in the Museum of Modern Art, where we saw a large exhibit by a famous, but forgettable Indian artist.
Transcribed by Lise from Peggy's dictation on the 6 hour drive from Delhi to Agra, a week after she arrived. Peggy gets carsick. Lise does not. We thought we'd get further in this account. We did not.
