November 22, Mc Delhi

They do have Mc Donalds, but "Mc Aloo [potato] tikka burger" just wasn't what Jeff wanted. Ha! Though the chicken curry sandwich was pretty good.

We've been in Delhi the past 3 days and surprisingly find it to be quite a clean city! Instead of human crap and maggots like Varanasi, there's just typical street trash, fewer lepper beggars and dense smog. :-) We are actually enjoying ourselves and love laughing at the frenzy that constantly surrounds us.

Liz is reading a new book, "Holy Cow" which is based in India and discusses their obsession with marriage and love stories. Combining that with the personal marriage ads in last Sunday's paper, we now check out all couples that are out in public and assume they are on a very akward arranged date. It's comical and now we can't stop watching them. As much as people do stare at us - Jeff's long hair and Liz's attempt at Indian dress, we like looking at them like mini-soap operas. Maybe we miss TV! It's mini-Bollywood episodes live!

Today we did a little sight seeing and braved the metro which again is very clean. We saw the Red Fort that Shah Jahan built (same emperor that built that Taj Mahal), and then took an hour rickshaw ride through various markets - spice, silver, electrical parts, shoes, and chemicals - in Old Delhi. We saw the big mosque and have also seen the India Gate.

We are staying at the Hare Krishna in the backpacker area which is pretty nice and has a roof top restaurant that is great for morning coffee. When we checked in a few days ago we arrived with 3 bags and now we have 4! We are leaving 2 in storage and heading off to Agra and then Rajastan tomorrow.

That's it for now. Happy Turkey day! Love us