Land in Delhi at 11am local time (India is 5.5 hours ahead). Absolutely shattered. Indians beep their horns for no reason. There are no rules for the roads. A car, mini rickshaw taxis, motorbikes, camels, cows, pigs, people- they are all welcome on the road at one time. Or even a roundabout (true story!) Got to our hostel in the Paharganj area which, according to the guide book, isn’t everyone’s cup of tea/ downright seedy/ has reputation for drugs and very shady characters. Me and Laura slotted right in! Based on that we didn’t venture too far and went for a nice curry overlooking the square where we could safely watch what was going on. This involved watching little kids chasing a cow and beating it’s bum with a stick- caused havoc to the already crazy
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