Traveling with OAT is always an adventure. We spent the day visiting a mosque in Old Dehli. Then went for a rickshaw ride through Old Dehli. Rickshaws, motor bikes, and cars negotiated the impossible narrow streets. It gave us a great overview of all the businesses that are there. Many fabric and sari shops, jewelry shops, book shops, paper shops, street food vendors, auto parts the list is endless and so we're the streets and alleys.
From there we drove a short distance to New Dehli where we visited a beautiful garden site that surrounds the pedestal where Ghandi was cremated. An eternal flame burns on the pedestal
Being that it was international Women's Day we headed over to the park where the India Gate stands. The gate is a rather imposing archive built by the British to commemorate those Indians who fought for the British in various wars. It is also a place where people meet to share views and celebrations. There was a celebration of international women's day going on when we got there. Som our tour leader had some large construction paper which we used to write slogans in support of the day. We walked over to the crowd holding our signs high. Being we were 16 Caucasians in a swarm of Indians were a novelty. Soon we were surrounded by people everywhere taking our pictures and no doubt up loading to Facebook and instagram. A group of young women came over and wanted photos of us with them. The next thing we knew they took us by the hand and walked is through the crowd where the army band was playing and some one was singing some very lively Bollywood music. And we danced, and danced with the girls. Everyone was snapping video in the meantime. Som finally had to drag is away and take us to dinner. It was a great night and a wonderful experience.
I'm having trouble getting the blog to upload my photos so I will post them separately on Facebook. Barry has video of me dancing with the girls
I'll try and get that posted another day Tomorrow we go to a Sikkim Temple and a few other places in Dehli including a stop in the afternoon for pashmina
From there we drove a short distance to New Dehli where we visited a beautiful garden site that surrounds the pedestal where Ghandi was cremated. An eternal flame burns on the pedestal
Being that it was international Women's Day we headed over to the park where the India Gate stands. The gate is a rather imposing archive built by the British to commemorate those Indians who fought for the British in various wars. It is also a place where people meet to share views and celebrations. There was a celebration of international women's day going on when we got there. Som our tour leader had some large construction paper which we used to write slogans in support of the day. We walked over to the crowd holding our signs high. Being we were 16 Caucasians in a swarm of Indians were a novelty. Soon we were surrounded by people everywhere taking our pictures and no doubt up loading to Facebook and instagram. A group of young women came over and wanted photos of us with them. The next thing we knew they took us by the hand and walked is through the crowd where the army band was playing and some one was singing some very lively Bollywood music. And we danced, and danced with the girls. Everyone was snapping video in the meantime. Som finally had to drag is away and take us to dinner. It was a great night and a wonderful experience.
I'm having trouble getting the blog to upload my photos so I will post them separately on Facebook. Barry has video of me dancing with the girls
I'll try and get that posted another day Tomorrow we go to a Sikkim Temple and a few other places in Dehli including a stop in the afternoon for pashmina
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