Goodmorning, Delhi...

We arrived in Delhi at Nizamuddin rail station and were attacked on the platform with prices for taxis that we were having no part of yet. When we pushed our way out to the queue we were bombarded by taxis and autorikshaws gauging us with ridiculous rates. We finally got a price that was still too high but one we could live with to New Dehli station. Once there is was sheer chaos. The second you get outta the cab they are shouting at you for a cab. If I wanted a cab I would ask. Oh, and they don't understand what NO means. All we had to do was cross the street of endless rikshaws, autorikshaws, and buses, walk up the busy bizaar without getting hit, and find our hotel. FINALLY we found it. It was called the Smyle Inn. It was pretty quaint inside with wicker curtains and lampshades and was great to me for the price. Turns out we couldn't get hot water so showering and washing clothes was taxing but had to be done. We left the room after that and found the metro to go to Chandni Chowk...a VERY busy street/bizarr area. From there we walked to the Red Fort, a massive complex of red stone right in the heart of Old Dehli. We also went to Jama Masjid, the largest mosque. We only had ten minutes there because it was almost sundown but it was still impressive. Then we tried to find our way around the city (or rather Justin tried to and I followed him as usual). We tried to find this restaurant from the Lonely Planet in the bizaar area called Karim's but we couldn't find it. I ended up having a bit of a panic attack in the small, crowded, noisy streets and needed to get out, STAT!

We continued to look for places to eat that didn't look like they would give us AIDS if we even sat down in them and finally I saw a sign for a fast-food place called Haldiram's. Turns out it's a fast-food place that serves the same sit-down Indian foods and is very cheap. I got Dal Markhani and rice which is black lentils and red kidney beans in a curry sauce with a bit of butter and cream mixed in. It was delicious and is my new safe dish! After dinner, we were hot, dirty, and in need of a stiff drink so we went back to Paraghanj (the foreigner area) and got a Kingfisher at Gem which is just up the street from our hotel.