From India!
Hi all,
India is truely amazing. We arrived in Delhi in the middle of the night and the hotel we selected and emailed arranged for a pick up at the airport. A very old car brought us to the center of huge Delhi, going through streets that were literaly lined with sleeping people on the sidewalks. These homeless "having only what they wear" were an impressive sight. A bit saddening though. The Hotel was good but the polution terrible, there are no litterboxes anywhere and the sewers are often open...Also we got to know the worst part of India quickly, being commission. Everyone wants to talk in Delhi but we met no-one who did not have a commercial drive behind the talking. We ended up in wrong offices/shops/restaurants a lot. After three days we could not wait to get out of it, only the Ghandi museum and memorial were much worth it. I had some laughs when I thought of this guy and the guy in civ3 (the backstabber #1)
We went by train to Jaipur, skipping Agra for terrible wheather and thus no sun on the Taj, we may do it at the end of the trip. In Jaipur We both got very ill. I especially spent 3 days on tyhe room, and then mainly the little room in the room.
. We went to a doctor after it would not stop with our own medicine and I was diagnosed (very proffesional!) with an infection in my stomach and one in the belly. I am now slowly getting better on anti-biotics! I only went to the fort in Jaipur so I missed most highlights...
We took the nighttrain to Udaipur, having lost 3 precious days in ill-ness. Udaipur is breathtaking. It is small and very friendly and the palaces are amazing. The Hotel is brilliant as we have a palaceview and rooftop restaurant. It is also said to be the most romantic city, which is why I spend some time in this cybercafe
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I hope you all are doing okay, be back in 3 weeks!
