Yesterday was a tame effort by Delhi to put us out of our comfort zone. I think it has realised this and so went full steam today.. Old Delhi is a place where the British thought not a great location to put their capital back before India's Independence. I now know why. We crossed the bridge from our hotel in Par Ghanj to a completely different city, one made up of bazaars with shops selling ANYTHING you care to mention, shops that just sell doorhandles, shops containing nothing more than a hotpan, i nearly bought a new DeWalt drill for my dad in one! All on narrow streets with thousands of people, nearly as many rickshaws and tuk-tuks, schoolkids and goats. We thought we'd sorted out our route before we left but once inside this medieval-style
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