The weather is still pretty chilly in Delhi, but during the day it's fine - as long as you're not tearing down the road in an open autorickwhaw with the wind stripping the heat from you. Interpretation - I'm heading for Goa tomorrow morning. For the first time in India have decided to fly to a destination - just get me someplace warm!! Had a good day, doing some touring around. The photos are of the Qutab Minar in south Delhi - Muslim ruler statements on mine's bigger than yours? This is one tall minaret, with the first major mosque in India built right next to it - composed of pillars and wall materials taken from Hindu shrines and temples that were destroyed as the conquerors swept down into Hindu Delhi. It's bizarre to see a hall of the beautifully carved Hindu pillars, with any representation of a person, animal or god chiseled off (not allowed in Islam). The food's been really good (Indian and western - had a fabulous 'chicken stroganoff' with mushrooms on rice tonight), and the pollution that seemed to weigh this place down when I first arrived has dissapated. Given that all the taxis, autorickshaws and buses were forced to switch to natural gas a couple of years ago, it seems better than five years ago, even though there's quite an increase in cars. Even many of these have switched to 'CNG'. Anyway, Goa, here I come!
Saturday January 7, 2006 - 09:10am (PST)
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