Arrived safely in Delhi

Heyyy....im still alive and well!!

There was no problems with the flight ...no hijackings etc...(Kuwait Airways seemed great to me!) although the flight from Kuwait to Delhi was a bit crowded and about 99% were Indian men...apart from a British couple I was the only other western girl, but it was no problem at all.
The flight was a bit delayed, but I had Sonal's (the girl I had arranged to stay with in Delhi) mobile number. So when I came through immigration I called her. She and her boyfriend (Apu) came after a while and picked me up. While waiting for them I stood by the entrance surrounded by a billion taxi drivers all staring at me wondering why I didn't want a taxi. Since I had to wait for a while, they kept on approaching me, but it wasnt a huge problem. I was just overwhelmed by the heat and amount of people and chaos. When sonal came we drove back to her flat in South Delhi and had some sleep. I was definitly exhausted. She was by the way very nice, funny and friendly, so I was so happy to meet someone like that when I arrived. I think it eased the normal shock people get first time they visit India.

Around noon Sonal too me to a really nice restaurant, where we met up with some friends of her and had a great lunch! I also met Sally there , a British girl who I had briefly mailed a few times and met up with in London. We planned to travel together for a bit.

Later in the day we went to an open air handicraft market (Dilli Hat), where we wandered around for a while. In the evening she dropped Sally and me off at Peter's house (a friend of hers).

Peter is Australian by the way, but works in Sonal's office. Since Sonal had family visiting, both Sally and me are staying in his house for a few days. Today Fritz, Peter's driver took us to Old Delhi (I know this sounds all a bit luxurious, but we were very happy that he would actually offer to drive us). Old Delhi was pretty mad. Saw the Red Fort from a distance and the Friday Mosque, but didn't go in as we just wanted to have a look around...and things was a bit overwhelming!

A really keen rickshaw driver kept pestering us about going on his rickshaw and eventually he also started nagging about his shop (of course!) It was almost impossible to get rid of him, so we decided to come with him to the shop, just so he could leave us alone...which he then did (of course we didn't buy anything ;). Then we walked for hours (it felt like it anyway) towards Phahar Ganj... this is where we are now and this is also definitly the travellers hangout. Well...I think I'll be off now then, I need to find something cold to drink, as it is knackering to walk in this city. So bye for now...