Drew being checked for explosives at the entrance to the mosque.

An amzing tree in the gardens of the red fort.

DELHI AND FAREWELL INDIA, SCOTT AND SHELL

Delhi was like Mumbai in many ways, about 13 million people, very busy and the usual hassles in the streets from street vendors, taxi drivers and beggars.

On our last night together, we all took an auto rickshaw to a local dance presentation. Much of it was awesome. Beautiful costumes and intricate dances with great variety with the highlight being a dance by one oriental guy balancing a juggling a large bone shaped stick with 1 or 2 large chopsticks, while dancing and staying in rhythm to the drummer. Another rickshaw took us to a posh (very unusual for us) rooftop revolving restaurant. Amazing views, a few drinks, and great food for a very expensive $75 total ahd Scott feeling all at sea after living on about $200-250 per week for most of their time travelling in India.

Chris and I hired a taxi for 4 hours the next morning (for $1.50) and visited an enormous mosque and the red fort (also enormous compared to other forts we had visited) with beautiful gardens but less exciting architecture than the others.

After a few drinks and completing a few more games of 500 (the result of which I am unable to divulge for reasons of modesty) we said our very sad farewells to Scott and Shell as they took the train to Varinassi before crossing the border to Nepal.

Tomorrow we take the somewhat indirect route to Cairo via London. It will be a very, very long day.