New Delhi

November 15, 2008 We left Hyderabad bright and early this morning and made our way to Delhi. I am going to miss this place. I have really enjoyed staying here. Everything was so clean and all of the people were really nice. We took a plane to Delhi. Finally! I was happy to not be taking the train. When we got to the airport everyone was really excited to find American style food and coffee. It is amazing how much we appreciate our American food now. We don’t get it all the often and when we do it is such an awesome treat. I treated myself to a blended mocha from a coffee shop. Anyway, it only took us an hour and a half to fly to Delhi. Once we were on the ground we took a two-hour bus ride to get to the place where we are staying. I’m a little disappointed by this place. It is smaller and dirtier than the place where we stayed in Hyderabad. I really don’t like it at all. This portion of the trip is supposed to be sort of like a break. I wish that we would have spent a little more money and stayed somewhere a little nicer. I guess that it is all part of the experience. I think that my standards have gone down in terms of where I sleep because we have stayed in some really crappy places. The first time that I stay in an American hotel it’s going to seem like a palace. We had the remainder of the day to do whatever we wanted to do. We wandered around the area and found some food. Later that night we discovered that we desperately needed mosquito nets over our beds. This place has really bad screens on the windows. I wouldn’t be surprised if we wake up and a bird is flying around the room. Oh well. I’m going to bed now because I’m so excited for our tour of Delhi tomorrow and I want to be well rested.