delhi

here I am in New Delhi, in YHA hostel that is a little lame (its not very well located, and half demolished while being refurbished). However not bad enough to make me change, as I'm off to Calcutta tomorrow evening (on the train, stopping at Varanasi on the way for a few days...). Crazy autorickshaw drivers trying to take me to their own little commission shops (Connaught Place does not open until noon, I was told when I asked to be driven to Connaught Place -- thats like saying "Trafalgar Square doesn't open until noon"... whatever... I made him drive me there eventually). Sat in United Coffee Shop in the E block of Connaught Place and had two pots of tea, some ground meat pastry thing and three beers, and talked to a few Indians who gave me phone numbers and email addresses. Asleep by 1900h and slept well all night - my first good nights sleep in some time.