I'll be posting some reflections on Viet Nam, and our first 6 weeks, soon. Meanwhile, we're in New Delhi now relaxing a bit and being tourists for one of the few times on our journey so far. Today we went into Delhi. First to the Gandhi memorial, created at the site where he was cremated. I found this deeply moving, unexpectedly so, but not surprising for me. Gandhi's life was dedicated to non-violent action and leading by example, by doing. He is one of the few people from recent history who I truly admire.
From there we walked to the Red Fort, then followed directions given by our very friendly hotel owner and plunged into the narrow alleys of the old city where we found a small place for lunch. We then walked through the maze of alleys for a while before coming to the very large mosque that is located here. Karen may send something with the names of these places. Details are back in the hotel room.
I'm sitting in a tiny, almost cavernous, room off the street in a tiny little alcove in front of what seems like a dilapidated computer! But it works!
We're presently working to finalise travel arrangements to get to Kathmandu. We've booked a car for tomorrow, to go to Agra for the day. All going well we'll be on a train to Varanasi on Thursday and flying from there to Kathmandu on Saturday. The next leg of our journey truly starts when we reach Kathmandu. Meanwhile well try to post a few photos from India before we leave.
From there we walked to the Red Fort, then followed directions given by our very friendly hotel owner and plunged into the narrow alleys of the old city where we found a small place for lunch. We then walked through the maze of alleys for a while before coming to the very large mosque that is located here. Karen may send something with the names of these places. Details are back in the hotel room.
I'm sitting in a tiny, almost cavernous, room off the street in a tiny little alcove in front of what seems like a dilapidated computer! But it works!
We're presently working to finalise travel arrangements to get to Kathmandu. We've booked a car for tomorrow, to go to Agra for the day. All going well we'll be on a train to Varanasi on Thursday and flying from there to Kathmandu on Saturday. The next leg of our journey truly starts when we reach Kathmandu. Meanwhile well try to post a few photos from India before we leave.
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