14 November 2010



 
Nice to be in India.  We decided then to walk to Connaught place and the minute we stepped out of the hotel we were assaulted by a barrage of touts, beggars and swindlers. Hordes of young men claiming to be students who didn't want anything but to help us and cursing all the other touts.  We believed the first one and were led into a  backstreet.  We managed to work our way back to the square where there was such a crowd of touts and beggars that we froze.  One beggar with one arm told us to get lost when we didn't give him anything.  In the end we decided to take a put put and have a tour for 300 Rs. 
Fascinating at the Sikh temple with all sorts of religious types, beggars and visitors.
 
In the hotel cafe we asked what fresh juices there were and they said melon and sweet lime.  We asked for lime and they brought orange.  We told them we wanted lime and they said it was finished so we asked for melon.  Then we saw a woman being served lime so we asked why?  They said that was lime with soda and we'd asked for sweet lime.  We gave up.

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