went to the delhi airport and met my friend devin. he finally came out a little over two hours after his flight landed…. indian immigration. we hung out in delhi for two days – one day in old delhi which is a walled maze of little chaotic shopping streets. went to a very golden sikh temple where they give out free food and sing beautiful sounding sikh songs. also more hindu temples and a jain temple that had a bird “hospital” – more like a couple thousand birds being held in a cage. we tried to get into the jama masjid – the largest mosque in india – but even though it was supposed to be free they wouldn’t let us in unless we payed a lot of rupees. may have almost lost my temper. but i’ll stop writing about it now because its a bit of a sore spot.
the next day we walked around new delhi – refused about a million determined salesmen beneath the shadow of the india arch, decided not to go into the indian national museum because of the exorbitant admission fee, and saw the president’s house. a punjabi chap named mr. singh gave us a ride in his rickshaw. that’s also the prime minister’s name – what a coincidence. the smog in delhi is so bad that there is never direct sunlight – i can’t imagine how hot it would be if there were. we then hung out around connought place, the main shopping circle in delhi, before catching an evening train to agra.
