where the **** is DHL?

our time here in delhi has been great. we are in constant amazement at how many people there are. there seems to be a constant stream of people moving throughout the city. not surprising since the population is over 13 million people!

we've seen many of the important landmarks that are to be seen here, which by the way is the site of no fewer than 8 successive cities. several of these i saw when i was here on IHP (the International Honors Program, www.ihp.edu), but it has been wonderful to revisit them and to share them with Seth.
just down the block from our hotel is the Lotus Temple, a Baha'i Temple. the architecture is breath-taking, and as you get close to the building, especially near the steps to the reflecting pools it feels like you're in the middle of Logan's Run. that's a shout out to all you Texans reading along!


we've ridden on many of the transportation options available in delhi, not all by a long shot. the city is in the process of building a METRO. this is scheduled to be completed no sooner than 2021 -this could become India's Big Dig Project. we've been in taxis and auto rickshaws.

and today for the first time we rode in a cycle rickshaw.

unfortunately the Indian postal service, especially with packages is incredibly unreliable. today after walking the streets back and forth and asking directions from five different people we finally found DHL where I was able to mail the fabric


i purchased for my wedding dress.

tomorrow we leave for darjeeling. buying the tickets was true india. a man desperately trying to convince us that we should leave the train station and follow him across the street to the foreign ticket office. try as he may we made it to the real ticket office for foreigners and man was it worth it! not only did we hassle free purchase our tickets, we got to see Indian design at it's best. check out the relief wall map


that giant ridge on the upper right of the country? that's the himalayas. we'll be going partially up that to get to darjeeling, where we'll be living and working for the next month. my favorite, though, is the map of the room telling me where i'm at.


we will be travelling by train-it is scheduled to be about a 20 hour trip. onwards and upwards (literally), to darjeeling!