Got up late and had breakfast at the grubby rooftop cafe in our hotel. Good view over Delhi but very smoggy. Spent a bit of time organising other activities for the week – a cycle tour tomorrow and cookery class on Friday.
Took the Metro out to Dilli Haat, a handcraft market in South Delhi with the usual fare of textiles, miniature paintings and carvings. Ate momos in a cafe there – reminded us of Darjeeling - and bought a few presents. After this we headed to the nearby Sarojini Nagar where there are lots of shops selling western-style clothes and an export surplus market. We threw out a lot of clothes before we came away and they are very cheap here so Loulou bought a bought some jeans and tops.
Flagging a bit after all the markets so went for coffee in Connaught Place – the “centre” of New Delhi. We expected it to be quite smart but it seemed to be mostly a building site and lots of scruffy shops.
As we came out of the Metro to come home we were engulfed by a massive dust / thunder storm – you could hardy see more than 20m because of the dust and 2 minutes later we were running through heavy rain and an incredible lightening storm to get back to the hotel! I think it’s the heaviest rain we’ve seen since Memphis. Hopefully it’ll clear up for our cycle tour tomorrow morning…
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