Due to a slight breakdown in communication my driver for the next three days, Mahaveed, was waiting for me at the Yatri Guest House at six am sharp. Three hours later, after getting up reasonably early considering my jet-lag and a leisurely breakfast, I was also ready to leave for a jaunt round India's Golden Triangle. The trip started with a drive towards Agra and the Taj Mahal, a building I'd not been that bothered about seeing, to be honest. Mahaveed skillfully and patiently negotiated the car into the calm, leafy and, it seemed, well-moneyed southern suburbs of Delhi. According to Mahaveed, the mansions in this part of the city are the bastions of government officials, heads of business and diplomats, and that's exactly how it looked to me. I could almost smell the Ferrero Rocher.
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