Heat and Dust

I'm having a great time in Delhi!

Chus has an app on her phone to check the air quality, and it's never good. Not as bad as it will be in November, when we will not be able to walk in the street. We will have to go to enclosed areas, such as museums, if we want to leave the house, and preferably by car. 

It's hot every day--33 degrees--but it is what it is. We have been out and about every day. Yesterday we visited Chadni Chowk, the ancient market area, the spice market, the Red Fort, and an ancient step well called Agrasen ki Baoli. 

At the Red Fort, Indian tourists asked to take photos with us. We were the tourist attraction!

Then, as a treat after all our hard sightseeing, we went to the Imperial Hotel for tea and cake.

In Old Delhi, I found this lovely young woman standing in a doorway, with a young photographer taking photos of her. I asked if I could take a photo, and then the photographer wanted to take a photo of me, and another of me and his beautiful model. Well I never!

On Monday we went to Humayun's tomb, and the India Gate, which was disappearing in a cloud of pollution. 

Today we're going to the Lotus Temple (I think it’s a Jain temple) and the Gurdwhara ( a Sikh temple) where I’m not allowed to take photos 🥲.