Arjun...my driver for my entire trip was so shocked when I gave him my itinerary list...there are like 1001 things that I want to cover...almost every single attraction listed in the lonely planet book <* and for the record is my best friend on the trip *>.
As the car left the hotel, I started to observe the surroundings...totally a different city to hyderabad...bigger...definitely...busier...no doubt...more polluted...well got to start walking to know that. First stop was Old Delhi to visit the largest mosque in Delhi - Jama Masjid, the busy Chandni Chowk ("chowk" means crossroad/intersection) and a trip round Red Fort. Arjun did ask me "No into Red Fort?" I told him doing Agra Fort and Amber Fort...too many forts and it will overkill the experience. He suggested that I go on a cycle rickshaw complimentary from the Delhi Tourism around Old Delhi...really...then he added just give him Rs50 afterwards...ahh...the guy was so skinny...gosh I am so glad I am not a gigantic balloon else he probably will be cursing me all the way through.
Honks were blaring everywhere as we rode down the streets of Delhi...I am slowly getting accustomed to this...honking is a way of driving in India...it means make way for me, I am coming nearer to you, let me through, watch out for me...so do not be surprised to see "HORN PLEASE" painted nicely behind vehicles.
I have to admit, this is an awesome way to see the buzzling everyday life of people in Delhi although it is kinda scary when your cyclist rushes through a busy intersection almost missing the auto rickshaws and cars by inches. Often another cycle rickshaw will pull up next to you or cross in front of you and thus blessing you with unobstructed view of the grocery basket of the women sitting in it or the machine gun like merchandise just purchased by the man in it from the shop down the road.
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