Today he pulled off the herculean feat of carting us around all Delhi's major sites in under 7 hours. Some achievement this, given the ludicrous traffic and lunacy of some of the drivers.
One by one we ticked off: The Indian War memorial, the Parliament buildings, the former residency of Indira Ghandhi (poignant this one - some fantastic black & white photo's of her as a young girl playing with dad and a touching memorial at the section of garden where she was assassinated), the Jama Masjid mosque (largest in India), Humayun's Tomb, the multi-faith Lotus temple and finally, the spot where Ghandhi was cremated in Raj Ghat park back in 1948.
It was a brilliant day, and overall I have to say we've been pleasantly surprised by Delhi. My brother Gordon visited three years ago and had painted a pretty grim picture on his return to the UK. So the last thing we expected were the green open spaces, imposing civic buildings and - perhaps the biggest shock of all - the complete lack of any litter. The ubiquitous discarded plastic bags and bottles that we've seen all over the rest of Asia (including Goa) being gloriously conspicuous by their absence.
Shattered by the time Dubey dropped us at our hotel, but did muster the energy to stagger to the nearest curry house. And here's something me and Gordon definitely will agree on; you've never had a Mutton Dahnsak until you've had one in Delhi.
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