Dreaming Dreams

Pfew, what a week. After adjusting to the climate, smells, noise and harassing, the first few days I saw at least some of the major sights in Delhi. Among others: the Red Fort (where a few days later I also went for an evening Light&Sound show featuring some of the Delhi historical events), the Mahatma Ghandi memorial and museum, the old walled city with the Jama Masjid mosque (pics coming soon) and the huge/crazy spice market.

After going to a CouchSurfing meet in Connaught Place I met Varun, a really cool young entrepeneur ;). I stayed at his house in Noida for a couple of nights and had my first ‘travelers stomach’ (too much curry and spices in a short time) from which I had the chance to recover. We also went to one of the biggest malls in India. Really strange to see all that luxury next to all the poor people. We also met up with a German friend of Varun with which we went to an old part of the city where, for the past few hundred years, the hold weekly Sufi music sessions. This beautiful muslim part of the city has very nice architecture that you wouldn’t find on your regular travels or tours. Later, we met with some other Germans at the Red Fort where we went to the historical Light&Sound show. Seeing the Fort at night with all these lights and sound effects really brought us back to ancient Mughal times.

Now I’m back in Delhi preparing for a trip to the Kumbh Mela, which is probably going to be one of the craziest experiences I’ll have in my life! (largest religious gathering of people in the world)

Until the next cybercafe!