Peaceful Delhi

I can't believe how much different it is touring around with a group and not on your own in a country like this!

Such a different experience. All good.

We started out in the morning of day one on public transportation. A local city bus. Yippee!!

It was crazy busy on the street and we had to let a few buses go by as they were very full...but once we got on it was great. We were the only tourists on the bus. Most tourists take taxi's or get private drivers.

Everyone was staring at us. Most of the locals on the bus were men.

We first went to visit Jama Masjid:

"The Masjid-i-Jahan Numa, commonly known as Jama Masjid of Delhi is the principal mosque of Old Delhi in India. Commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and completed in the year 1656 AD, it is the largest and best known mosque in India. (There are also Jama Masjids in many other cities with a history of Islamic rule, or large Muslim populations.)Masjid-i-Jahan Numa means "the mosque commanding a view of the world", and the name Jama Masjid is a reference to the weekly congregation observed on Friday (the yaum al-jum`a) at the mosque. The courtyard of the mosque can hold up to twenty-five thousand worshippers. The mosque also houses several relics in a closet in the north gate, including a copy of the Qur'an written on deer skin."

Next we went to this huge Sikh Temple and had a tour that included us also visting their kitchen that makes and feeds thousands of street people during lunch and dinner. Our Sikh guide also explained what a Sikh is.....a person who believes in One God and teachings of the Ten Gurus.

After this we stopped at a spice and nut market. I ended up buying a pile of cashews, peanuts and almonds. Yummy.

Some of us then went to the Connaught area for lunch...making our way back by ourselves on the Metro.....AND...we didn't get lost.

It was interesting how we all had to go thru a medal detector before boarding the Metro.