One of the unfortunate things that happens when you get back from holiday is that real life reasserts itself and gets in the way. So apologies to those of you who have been eagerly waiting for the next installment: here it is, finally!
These are the final few photos from Day 1. After Chawri Bazaar, we took the metro (clean, efficient, stupidly cheap and pretty fast, if packed with people) to the Nizamuddin Complex. The main attraction the tomb of one of the most famous sufi saints, Nizamuddin Auliya, and has a number of other smaller tombs of his disciples in the surrounding area. We stayed around watching sunset over Delhi, or at least what you can see of the sun behind all of the smog. We then retired to the hotel, utterly footsore and knackered. Nothing like a busy day to help you get over jet lag...
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| The man responsible for the huge rolls of cardboard in the last post. His friend was very amused that I was taking photos of him. |
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| Bags of coloured wooden beads in Chawri Bazaard |
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| And yet more beads, just in case you didn't have enough... |
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| One of the more picturesque streets in Old Delhi. The main attraction is a man getting his ears cleaned. |
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| Gateway to one of the tombs in the Nizamuddin complex |
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| Said tomb. Looking a little worse for wear. |
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| The view from the roof of Nizamuddin's tomb |
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| All of the tombs have beautiful carvings or marble work along the top and sides. |
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| Chamber in one of the smaller tombs. |
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| Just to prove that it really is us there! Also, it's harder than it looks to take a selfie with a DSLR - I had to make use of Christopher's long arms... |
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| Me! |
More soon (I promise). Day 2 will bring the delights of India Gate and the world's largest Indian Flag, so hold on to your hats, people...
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