Our tour started in delhi where we visited Jama Masjid (friday Mosque) humayans Tomb, India gate, lotus temple and the Hare Krishna Vedic centre where we learnt about the cycle of birth, death and rebirth in a bizarre light,sound,audio,model tour. They told us things like 'If you eat a chicken today you may be that chicken in your next life' All very surreal.Our guide then took us to an overpriced restaurant and left us with his bill!! It might be our second time in India but these scammers are clever!! First stop Mandawa a town in the Shekawati region. It has many beautiful Havelis which are old merchant houses built on the old trading routes for silk and opium etc. They have frescoed walls and are in various states of ruin. Hassled quite alot to buy
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