Friday, February 21, 2014

Fantastic, crazy Delhi; parte III

I woke up early one morning to go on a bike tour of Old Delhi with DelhiByCycle:



This dog apparently likes to greet bike tourists regularly!  He had just pawed at my face for attention and was now politely sniffing  for this photo op  :-) 

Riding a bike through Old Delhi's narrow alleys and larger streets was both exhilarating and slightly harrowing...dodging pedestrians, potholes, dogs/cows/donkeys/goats, other cyclists, rickshaws, cars and buses was a wonderful way to experience Delhi in another way!!

I'd forgotten to mention that because Delhi has more residents of Nepalese descent, I was often mistaken for Nepalese here and people didn't understand that I didn't understand Hindi...but they persisted in speaking to me in Hindi nonetheless!  (The regular one-sided Hindi conversation happens regularly throughout India...you may look extremely puzzled and keep shrugging or shaking your head, but the "conversation" will continue for quite a while(!)).  

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