One more night in Delhi!

We have one more night left here in Delhi before flying out to Sydney next. Alison made the realization that we spent more time in India than any other country on our trip! Who knew it would be so fun? After the hash run/crashing Indian wedding on Monday night I hung out with Flipper and Baron on Tuesday and we went to the ninth day of the festival here. Wish I could remember the name of the festival, how ignorant of me! Anyway, they had these three huge paper men on a field and they set them on fire with fireworks. The park held probably a third of the population of Delhi and we were the only tourists there. The guards just let us in the gates, no fee, no tickets, nothing. I think they were just happy to see tourists interested in their culture, or wanted to keep us safe from the mobs that were forming outside the gates. The ninth day was supposed represent the fight between good and evil, ie, buring the evil men. I got some interesting photos of the carnage.

After the festival was finished, I pulled out my interhash photos to share with Flipper and Baron. The photos attracted quite a crowd of young boys hovering around us, giggling at the photos of men mooning me, of course. Thankfully I had no shots of harriets flashing me. That might have gotten rather excited reactions from those pre- pubescent Indian boys. The guards eventually appeared to disperse our audience. I was starting to feel claustrophobic.

Alison and Friar met me Wednesday morning as arranged, and we went sightseeing around Delhi, "czeching" out the Lotus Temple, that looks a lot like the Sydney Opera house, and the Red Fort in Old Delhi. We escaped the traffic and heat for the oasis of the bar DV8 I had discovered the other night. Missing Link, Baron, and Money King joined us in time to enjoy happy hour, "2 4 1 beer" as Friar kept reminding us everytime the waiter came over. They were nice and cold too!

Money King drove us and Friar to the airport to see Friar off. I hope he made it on his flight ok, he really enjoyed that happy hour special. We had loaded him up with all our souvies from India as well, so he had quite a few bags to keep track of.

Well, not much else to report. We're just chilling in Delhi, biding time until we fly to Australia. We're meeting up with the same group tonight, to see Baron off. One by one the hashers are leaving the country of India. Will it recover, I wonder?

Love to you all! Thanks for all your responses as well. I always enjoy hearing about how life is going for my friends and family.

Cheers!
Carla