DAY 46 We took a tour of Delhi today by car, it was an experience, our first stop was Jama Masjid Mosque in Old Delhi. We drove through the dust laden streets and the chaos that is India’s capital; the streets were teeming with cars, motorbikes, tuk tuks, people and animals. Sounds assault you from every direction; car horns, people yelling, Hindi music, the wailing of the call to prayer from multiple mosques, everything is manic and relentless. The Mosque was beautiful and quite immense in size; we were dressed in robes to cover our arms. After walking around the square we decided we would climb the towers of the mosque as there is a good view of Delhi, unfortunately we weren’t allowed to as women and children are not permitted to climb the tower unaccompanied.
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