Our second day in India we went to do sightseeing in Delhi. We took the metro to Nehru Place, from where it is a short stroll to the Lotus Temple. Metro was very very crowded, even though it was a Sunday. There was standing room only, but it has the advantage of not having to brave the indian roads or haggling over price for a cab or rickshaw. Of couse, it was ridiculously cheap at about 10 or 20p, and fairly straightforward to follow the maps. Here, like Malaysia, there is a seperate carriage and portion of the platform for ladies only. They search bags and scan everyone as they enter the metro as if it were an airport. There are lots of armed police around. Nehru Place is another world from New Delhi station. People
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