Namaste,
3rd day of yoga, down to 5 students.
We travelled across the city to old Delhi passing the huge Red Fort. We stopped and toured through an old Mosque. As four of us are justly lowly females we had to cover ourselves in very attractive floral gowns (similar to cotton dressing gowns), wow we looked hot. The locals all ask to have their pictures taken with us. We are quite famous over here.
It was then a tour through the narrow streets of old Delhi market district on rickshaws, stopping in the spice market district to climb some steep, dark, smelly stairs of an old building until we reached the roof. This building was used to store and pack (in large heshian sacks) dried chilli. The air was thick with the smell of chilli and the air burned our throats as we breathed.
On the rooftop we could see across the market area and into the daily lives of people who lived in this dried chilli building. Back onto the rickshaw to travel through even narrower streets until we returned to our bus.
We then travelled to see Mahatma Ghandi's memorial, which is located at the location of his cremation. It is a beautiful landscaped area that was filled with students on excursion to see this site.
The afternoon was filed with more sight seeing including the beautiful Humayun's Tomb which is the predecessor of the Taj Mahal. Heaps of photos with school children who must think we are famous and they think Michael is Justin Bieber.
Our final destination of the day was the Gate of India at night. This structure is beautiful, only built this century but very symbolic and majestic. Seeing it at night is fantastic. I can't wait to share some photos.
My travel companions are students from across the globe and are making this journey heaps of fun and extremely interesting.
3rd day of yoga, down to 5 students.
We travelled across the city to old Delhi passing the huge Red Fort. We stopped and toured through an old Mosque. As four of us are justly lowly females we had to cover ourselves in very attractive floral gowns (similar to cotton dressing gowns), wow we looked hot. The locals all ask to have their pictures taken with us. We are quite famous over here.
It was then a tour through the narrow streets of old Delhi market district on rickshaws, stopping in the spice market district to climb some steep, dark, smelly stairs of an old building until we reached the roof. This building was used to store and pack (in large heshian sacks) dried chilli. The air was thick with the smell of chilli and the air burned our throats as we breathed.
On the rooftop we could see across the market area and into the daily lives of people who lived in this dried chilli building. Back onto the rickshaw to travel through even narrower streets until we returned to our bus.
We then travelled to see Mahatma Ghandi's memorial, which is located at the location of his cremation. It is a beautiful landscaped area that was filled with students on excursion to see this site.
The afternoon was filed with more sight seeing including the beautiful Humayun's Tomb which is the predecessor of the Taj Mahal. Heaps of photos with school children who must think we are famous and they think Michael is Justin Bieber.
Our final destination of the day was the Gate of India at night. This structure is beautiful, only built this century but very symbolic and majestic. Seeing it at night is fantastic. I can't wait to share some photos.
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My travel companions are students from across the globe and are making this journey heaps of fun and extremely interesting.
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