Being tourists in our spare time

When we aren’t working or napping, there is nothing we like more to do than to take some time out to be tourists. Some of the places we visited are:

·         Markets: Jampath, Chandi Chowk, Sarojini Nagar etc. Markets are a great place to spend the day even if you’re not looking to buy anything; they are lively, there’s always something going on and the smells will make your mouth water. You may not intend to spend money but you will, you’ll be hungry and sparkly things will catch your eyes, plus  the stall owners will make everything seem so much more tempting by calling out advertisements “For you I give best price” “HEY ladies, buy necklace! So pretty” or just using downright flattery “You are very nice, very lovely. Please buy”

·         Lotus temple: a very strange place. As far as places of worship go it has a very strange atmosphere, it’s cold, empty and everything echoes. To make it even stranger, we were given a leaflet explaining the beliefs and views of the creators of the temple. I’ll leave you to do your own research here though.

·         Dilli Haat: Our favourite hangout. A craft market with great food stalls and often live events including music and we even went to Indian Comic Con there!

·         India Gate and the presidential gardens: The first area of un-littered grass we’d seen and of course we made the most of it and like to spend many a free afternoon sleeping on this grass.

·         Humayans tomb

·         Akshardham temple: a great place until we found out that a colony had been displaced to build it.

·         Lodi gardens: one of my favourite places to nap in the sun and de-stress.

·         Gurudwara Bangla Sahib: Beautiful temple with a huge pool with fish in the courtyard. A nice taste of culture.