March 19, 2006

  • Alright, Alright!


    I've been eating DELICIOUS Indian food... my favs are butter chicken, daal, and a 7 rupee (that's like, 20 cents) pakora - a fried sandwich with paneer (cheese) and potato inside that was served inside a bowl made of leaves!  And served with the ubiquitous HOT HOT green sauce  It was amazing:



    By the way, I'm here with a woman and her two kids..close friends of mine from the country I live in now. 
    This is not just a picture with a random white kid.


    Went to some places in Delhi, like Humayan's Tomb, and also explored around the place where I'm staying... family friends of the family I'm with.. a very famous area called Nizamuddin West.. and some important places of pilgrimage for the Muslims (this is mostly a Muslim area). 
    Here are some pics from that adventure:




    Women can't go inside, so they have to sit outside and peer through... my tour guides, Wasim and Asif....and at Humayan's Tomb...


    Visited the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, and an old city called Faitepuh Sikr... all beautiful.   AND the Taj didn't smell like feet because they now give you these white slipon covers for your shoes so you don't have to take them off!!  Brilliant!  Here's me with my friend.  Just to prove we were there.  Like my shawar kameez? (my outfit)  SOOO comfortable.



    Part of the fun was getting there, a four hour drive that would take two hours if we didn't have to dodge all the crazy traffic.  And it amazes me that women can do this:



    And at the Taj, there were women singing.... I love their saris...



    Children followed us EVERWHERE, asking for money and staring at the blonde kiddos!  So our strategy to get rid of them was... take a picture!



    Only one day left!  I will definitely be coming back one day...

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