Too tired to paste many pictures, so I made an album for you, with comments on most pictures (view in fullscreen mode to see the comments) https://goo.gl/photos/acdFTQWqmFXVMNqq8
The tour was very well organized. We traveled by taxi, electric car, rickshaw (bike type) - and walked quite a bit. It's interesting how seldom people there bump into each other. My hat was a novelty it seemed. Some guys followed us a while, but with Vivian at our side we had no problems and felt quite safe. We'd never had done this alone or together, this way we could enjoy the experience of alleys narrow and streets wide. Horrendous traffic by our standards.
We were peacefully welcomed into the temples and some pictures were graciously allowed. The Sikh temple was huge and modern, text for the songs performed were shown on a large plasma screen in English and one other language. We were shown the free water and meals they hand out, done by smiling volunteers.
The Hindu temple was smaller, more private and real somehow, with a quick-prayer window to the street for those in too much hurry to enter.
I'm sad not more of the Havelis - large private houses in Old Delhi - are kept up and modernized. The district was Holy cows and holy dogs and weird cabling overall. Lots of busy busy people and transportation ranging from wooden barrows to overloaded bikes. Less smell and more noise than expected, it was a lot to take in, and an experience I recommend.
http://www.masterjikeehaveli.com/
The tour was very well organized. We traveled by taxi, electric car, rickshaw (bike type) - and walked quite a bit. It's interesting how seldom people there bump into each other. My hat was a novelty it seemed. Some guys followed us a while, but with Vivian at our side we had no problems and felt quite safe. We'd never had done this alone or together, this way we could enjoy the experience of alleys narrow and streets wide. Horrendous traffic by our standards.
We were peacefully welcomed into the temples and some pictures were graciously allowed. The Sikh temple was huge and modern, text for the songs performed were shown on a large plasma screen in English and one other language. We were shown the free water and meals they hand out, done by smiling volunteers.
The Hindu temple was smaller, more private and real somehow, with a quick-prayer window to the street for those in too much hurry to enter.
I'm sad not more of the Havelis - large private houses in Old Delhi - are kept up and modernized. The district was Holy cows and holy dogs and weird cabling overall. Lots of busy busy people and transportation ranging from wooden barrows to overloaded bikes. Less smell and more noise than expected, it was a lot to take in, and an experience I recommend.
http://www.masterjikeehaveli.com/
well done - safe exploring very exciting and different environments! Have fun!!! Tone
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