“Everything” is closed in Delhi on Mondays – so the museums and some temples were closed.
We took a tuk-tuk to deer park, with the original water supply for the city and an early university and mosque, which was a lovely spot.
Then tuk-tuk to Qtub Minar, an imposing Morgul tower column that dominates this flat city. We had our first street stall lunch which was delicious and very filling for around A$10. We did better this morning at the train station with a filling breakfast, including the local air filled bread, for A$2.60.
We were short of time, but the tuk-tuk said too long in the traffic, so we took the metro to the sikh temple and a nice, but not extraordinary catholic cathedral. Then back to the hostel by metro to pick up our luggage, a walk back to the metro, and then dinner at Burger King (pretty good) and comfortably on the train in time. Boarding the train was chaotic as passengers ran along to board before the train had stopped. The photo above is about 20 min before boarding and already the platform is crowded. But we had a pleasant First Class ride, however without much sleep as the train went fairly fast and rattled and rolled. We shared our berth with a young Indian girl to start, and her phone kept ringing, probably her parents calling to make sure she was awake to get off. Then we had a snorer come in, so not much rest. The hostel is very nice however and the train ran on time. We are just waiting to finish our washing, and then off to explore Varanasi.
The electrical system at the hostel was antiquated, but did have what looked like phase indicating lamps to indicate failed phases. But lots of unshielded connections everywhere.
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