kosher delhi

namaste! here we are at the end of our first full day in delhi, and our spirits are up, up, up. we've had a wonderful day. delhi is like everyone says - huge and crowded. on the road from the airport to our hotel (from 3-3:45 am), we saw: auto- and cycle-rickshaws everywhere, a newlywed couple's car covered in flowers, people making a fire along the side of the road, every kind of traffic violation imaginable, and a bunch of cows along the side of and in the road.

this morning in our first 5 minutes out in the city, we saw an elephant on the highway. (by morning, i mean mid-afternoon, by the way. we got to the hotel at 4 am - cut us some slack!).

we spent a busy day today looking for fabric for maggie's wedding dress and generally getting acquainted with the city. in some ways the most exciting part was the price of the food: lunch - $5; dinner - $4. that was for both of us, after tax and tip. try to find THAT on chowhound USA.

we ended the night with an auto-rickshaw ride back to the hotel. these are a lot cheaper than taxis, and very cute looking. and they all run on compressed natural gas now, which is nice!

now here are some pictures:

aloo gobhi - $1; bangan bharta - $1; free plate of raw onions and half a lemon - priceless

view from an auto rickshaw

us in rickshaw

us in front of the India Gate

when we got back to our hotel, there was a wedding festivity taking place in the parking lot, which we stood and watched for a while. right next to the rightmost bright light is the groom on a horse.