Delhi is closed on Monday

It just happens that most of the tourist type things are closed on Monday, so I couldn't do many of the typical tourist things - I will have to catch up with that later in the week.

Still there was plenty to do - a visit to the one place that was open, Humayun's Tomb was well worth it; a walk around the park where Nehru and various Gandhis (Mahatma, Indira and Rajiv) were cremated was quite peaceful compared to the bustle of the rest of the city; a ramble around the bazaar in the old part of the city; and lots of time spent inhaling petrol fumes in the back of an auto-rickshaw while weaving in and out of the chaotic traffic.


Abve is a picture of Humayum's tomb - I hadn't heard of Humayum before, but apparently he was one of the early Mughul emperors whose wife built this rather elaborate tomb for him. The whole idea reached its zenith with the Taj Mahal which will be revealed tomorrow on my trip to Agra.


And here is a photo of the auto-rickshaw I hired for part of the day. There are thousands of these vehicles in Delhi and, apart from their pollution issues, they are quite efficient people movers - you would be surprised how many people you can fit in them.