♥ Em Pem Supa Slem ♥ (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} fuxiafox) wrote,@ 2008-01-25 22:46:00 |
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Blizzards in Delhi..
Delhi has been amazing. What a city! Such madness! I love it! :)
..But the cold has truely gotten to us, we are both really happy to go back ~home~ to warm and cozy Goa again tomorrow. :)
Its been interesting to meet the people here. One of the persons we have been having most conversations with have been Neeraj, a guy that we have been buying fabrics from. The most shocking thing he has told us about his life is that he works 7 days a week, 11 hours each day, with only 3 days of holiday in a year. And not only that, sometimes when he has energy he gives Ayuruvedic massage in the evenings.. :O He earns in a month 2500 Rps (50 EUR). He has also never left Delhi, in all his life.. Even though he had many offers and oportunities. He is happy like this, he loves his life, the part of Delhi where he lives, his boss, and he's very happy with his salary. Which by the way he gives (except for 500 Rps) to his mother.
Makes one think about life and priorities... I am blessed.
I spent my birthday with my stomache totally disrupt.. But we did get a lot of fabric shopping done.. On a market with the sewer flowing on the side of the streets.. Mmm.. luckily it is cold in Delhi now, I cant imagine how that would be when it is hotter..
Aww Delhi..
The day after my birthday my stomache was ok again and we had birthday cake with huge cappuchinos and mint choko milkshakes in a really fancy cafe.
We have actually also managed to do some touristic stuff here. We went to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. It was.. ok. I have to say that its nicer on the pictures. In real its quite a sterile white blinding not at all as big as one thinks building. And its expensive to enter. And we were more of an tourist attratcion then the building. The Indians were really over the top with their wanting to photograph us and talk to us.. it was quite tireing in the end.
But we had a cute driver that took us around to other nice places, the nicest were the resturants I think, haha..
Today we decided we where gonna go to a posh neighbourhood for our last night and treat ourselves with a really nice meal. We where looking all over for a Thai resturant, thats what we've been talking about for the last week.. Thai curry... But we couldnt find it, we went all around this neighbourhood.. Na ja.. we went back towards our neightbourhood and all sudden I spotted a resturant, and it did say Thai food on it! It looked a bit strange though, there were workers and construction thingies in the front of it. But we went in and it turned out they had just opened the resturant that day! Just for us! :P It was all shining new, it smelled very new when we entered! When we were seated the waiters were giving us special opening treats and it was all just amazing, the food was mouth watering super tasty. When we were done we asked for the bill, naturally. But they told us it was all complementerary... "Comple-what?" -For free! they answered... Wow.. such a nice gift from the skies, just like that! :D
I heart Delhi!
I really do.
See you next time.
Delhi has been amazing. What a city! Such madness! I love it! :)
..But the cold has truely gotten to us, we are both really happy to go back ~home~ to warm and cozy Goa again tomorrow. :)
Its been interesting to meet the people here. One of the persons we have been having most conversations with have been Neeraj, a guy that we have been buying fabrics from. The most shocking thing he has told us about his life is that he works 7 days a week, 11 hours each day, with only 3 days of holiday in a year. And not only that, sometimes when he has energy he gives Ayuruvedic massage in the evenings.. :O He earns in a month 2500 Rps (50 EUR). He has also never left Delhi, in all his life.. Even though he had many offers and oportunities. He is happy like this, he loves his life, the part of Delhi where he lives, his boss, and he's very happy with his salary. Which by the way he gives (except for 500 Rps) to his mother.
Makes one think about life and priorities... I am blessed.
I spent my birthday with my stomache totally disrupt.. But we did get a lot of fabric shopping done.. On a market with the sewer flowing on the side of the streets.. Mmm.. luckily it is cold in Delhi now, I cant imagine how that would be when it is hotter..
Aww Delhi..
The day after my birthday my stomache was ok again and we had birthday cake with huge cappuchinos and mint choko milkshakes in a really fancy cafe.
We have actually also managed to do some touristic stuff here. We went to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. It was.. ok. I have to say that its nicer on the pictures. In real its quite a sterile white blinding not at all as big as one thinks building. And its expensive to enter. And we were more of an tourist attratcion then the building. The Indians were really over the top with their wanting to photograph us and talk to us.. it was quite tireing in the end.
But we had a cute driver that took us around to other nice places, the nicest were the resturants I think, haha..
Today we decided we where gonna go to a posh neighbourhood for our last night and treat ourselves with a really nice meal. We where looking all over for a Thai resturant, thats what we've been talking about for the last week.. Thai curry... But we couldnt find it, we went all around this neighbourhood.. Na ja.. we went back towards our neightbourhood and all sudden I spotted a resturant, and it did say Thai food on it! It looked a bit strange though, there were workers and construction thingies in the front of it. But we went in and it turned out they had just opened the resturant that day! Just for us! :P It was all shining new, it smelled very new when we entered! When we were seated the waiters were giving us special opening treats and it was all just amazing, the food was mouth watering super tasty. When we were done we asked for the bill, naturally. But they told us it was all complementerary... "Comple-what?" -For free! they answered... Wow.. such a nice gift from the skies, just like that! :D
I really do.
See you next time.
