Archive for January, 2006
Sunday, January 29th, 2006
A tour of Delhi
Hello again. This weekend we’ve been mostly touring Delhi. So far we’ve seen:
Connaught Place (shopping centre in middle of Delhi).
National Museum of India (DULL).
The Red Fort (Red).
Qutab Minar (Bigass tower).
Lotus Temple (looks like Sydney Opera House).
Some guys tomb.
India Gate.
Parliament House.
Quite a lot of stuff really, most of it quite boring cultural. Was nice […]
2 Comments » - Posted in General by simon
Friday, January 27th, 2006
An eventful day!
On Wednesday evening we drove (well ok we were driven, there’s no WAY I’d drive here!) to Agra which is around 200km from Delhi. Though not far, the journey took 4 hours!
On Thursday morning we visited the Taj Mahal which was nothing short of stunning. We then visited Sikandra and Fatepur Sikri, both […]
No Comments » - Posted in General by simon
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
Day 3 in the Big Indian House…
Not much to say today. Most of last night was spent nursing a poorly stomach, though I did manage to read an entire book in the bath, which is a bit opulent!
Workwise things are still going excellently. Every morning we prepare a list of questions on the topics we discussed the previous today, […]
5 Comments » - Posted in General by simon
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
Another update from India
We are doing work! So far (and it’s only 2pm here) I’ve done about 4.5 hours of solid presentations; 2.5 hours yesterday and 2 hours today. Everyone seems to be understanding things though, which proves that it is a lot easier to explain things in person that it is via pounds and pounds […]
No Comments » - Posted in General by simon
Monday, January 23rd, 2006
Hello from India!
We are in India!
It is a very odd place. The traffic is unbelievable! Yesterday we ended up on on the back of one of those 3 wheeled motorised rickshaws being driven by a man who was encouraged to drive even faster by our nervous laughter. It was quite an experience, and one […]
