Day 184, Delhi. India

Dilli Haat

Spent the day with Kathryn today, the only one of our group left! We took a tuk tuk, well, 3 actually, to Dilli Haat, a complex of arts and crafts, in New Delhi. The reason it took 3 tuk tuks is obscure and confusing, but involves the first driver not knowing where to go and the second driver 'stole' his fare (being us) and still dropping us off at the wrong place, and the third driver finally getting it right. We were in hysterics by then. The Dilli Haat was great, shopping without constantly being hassled. Bit of bartering but nothing outrageous. I had trouble with an ATM machine not dispensing my requested money, which resulted in some frantic phone calls to the bank (unfortunately he didn't speak English so that was not fruitful) and a visit to another bank where we sat in front of the bank manager like two naughty school children, waiting to tell our story. He spend twenty minutes on two phones before finally dealing with us, and still no answer. Fortunately when I checked my account later I found the transaction had not gone through, so no harm done.

Yummy lunch 

We had a great lunch there, 100 rupees ($2.00) and finally were shopped out by 3.00. The tuk tuk drive back was extremely slow; at one point we were going to get out and push! We had dinner with Ronnie, our guide tonight, and then tomorrow....it's just me as everyone will be gone. Last man standing.