Delhi

After a not so great experience in India the first time around, Paula did not want to return but Max wanted to do some yoga in Rishikesh. As a compromise we decided that Paula would get a few days in Delhi to buy lots of fabric and trimmings.

The border crossing from Nepal to Delhi was one of the worst yet. We overstayed our visa in Nepal for two days and were prepared to pay for the overstay at the crossing. We payed the nepalese border guards but they gave us the wrong date on the stamp. When we arrived at the indian border point a few minutes later, they wanted money to admit us with the wrong date. We were separated into two different rooms, and luckily our bus driver came in at some point and paid the money for us. Paula still had to stay in a different room and enter the passport data into the computer of the border agents while he watched. At our next stop we got some money from the ATM and paid the bus driver back.

Because we did not shop the whole time we were in Delhi, we had some time to go sightseeing. We discovered that the tourist prices are 6 to 10 times the prices that the locals pay and we had to really descide on what to do and what to leave out.

While most of Delhi was really dirty, it was really surprising how clean the subway stations were. To enter a subway station you had to pass through a metal detector and Paula lost a lot of lighters to the guards.

At the end of our stay in delhi we sent a big package back home with the hiking stuff and the fabric. The packages are surprisingly cheap to send with the indian post and are quite fast for the price.

Since Paula got to shop for fabric, the next stop is Rishikesh so that Max can do some yoga. Also, we booked our flight back for the 28th of July since we do not have a lot of money left. The Flight is from Bangkok to Frankfurt so we still have time to see some of Asia.