We had a smooth journey to Delhi from London. We arrived in Delhi to an airport quite different from the one of my memories 10 years ago...since then, due largely to the commonwealth games, the airport has been greatly developed! ASHA sent a driver to take us from the airport to our accommodation, which was such a blessing! They struggled to find the place so i'm not so sure how we would have managed without them!
I think God will be working miracles everyday we are here if we continue to go on or near roads at all and actually survive! The driving is as crazy as it is reputed to be, the stories you have heard people tell are not exaggerated! We saw people drive down the wrong way on a major road, cars reverse from a big junction back onto a busy major road, about four pedestrians have near death experiences, a few accidents and wonderfully ridiculous lane crossing and lane ignoring behaviour in general.
<!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> Our accommodation is grand, despite it's name, “Cottage Yes Please”, which leaves one unsure of what to expect. It's fairly clean (in relative Indian terms) and although the honk of horns has been constant since we arrived it's not really that annoying, more like a constant sound you might get used to and not even notice after a few days :o) We're not far from a metro station and near lots of little general shops...and, rather importantly we are right opposite a decent place to eat where tonight we dined for a mere £3.50 total bill – cheers!
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