Dehli

We made it to Delhi safe and sound, though the overnight bus ride was pretty crappy. We had a double bed on the bus, so we weren't uncomfortable, but the bus didn't have any shocks and we spent most of the time four-wheeling around on potholed roads (or at least it seemed that way). The worst part was that when we arrived here in Delhi at 6 this morning, we pulled our bags out of the "safe storage area" that you have to pay more for in the back of the bus (to keep them out of the weather on top of the bus), and they had been soaking in muddy water all night.... I was really pissed off, but there's nothing we could do and the bus guys absolutely didn't care. Amazingly, almost nothing was ruined besides a couple paperback novels I was carting around and a t-shirt of Sarah's. All of our other books, electronics, and Sarah's purchases survived. The hotel room in Dehli looked like our bags had exploded in it.... We had stuff drying everywhere. Sarah had to wash most of her clothes because the muddy water really got to them...

We were kind of dreading having to deal with Delhi, but it has been surprisingly pleasant -- we're staying in a Tibetan refugee area, so it feels more like China or Nepal than India, and we took the new Metro into the city today and went to a coffee shop. It was so nice to have air con and good coffee (my first coffee in almost a month!) and a yummy desert. Big cities are good for this. We have all day tomorrow, and then have to get to the airport around midnight for a 4am flight to Turkey. We plan on more coffee shop time tomorrow, and if we get bored, we'll also catch a Bollywood movie!