Day 3- 25/08/13 Meeting Indian cricket legend Kapil Dev!!!
Today was jam-packed with activities:
First off we had an induction class with the Indogenius team, where we got to know more about our programme and after breakfast our journey began.
We started by having an adventurous journey to and with the Delhi Metro into Old Delhi.When we arrived there we visited the mosque built by the same arhitect that built the Taj Mahal and the Red fort.
Then we took rickshaws to the Red fort where we completed our photo-shoto challenges, including a snap of Gandhi's see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, which was really fun as we attracted massive crowds that were photographing us. It felt a bit like being a celebrity chased by paparazi to be honest.
After that we walked to the tube station again, going throught the busy streets of Old Delhi and witnessing a hindu and sikh temple standing side by side. I never thought you can have such a great religious diversity in one square mile. The metro journey was fast and comfy due to the AC but soon enough we were in the hot streets of India, after a cooling monsoon rain.
The final scheduled event of the evening was high tea at the British Council, after a longish trek, which my friends said was delicious and I decided to just stick to water.
The next part of the visit was a talk from Indian cricket legend Kapil Dev, who is worshipped as a god in India, who was a very down to earth gentleman that shared with us a great number of wise words.
After the session finished, a bunch of us decided to go to the market, however, me and my new friend, George, managed to get separated and so had an adventure of our own. We wondered the streets and stumbled into Pizza Hut, where we decided that curry for dinner as well would be too much. So after we collected our food and drinks we set out back to the hotel, which proved to be fun and daunting so we decided the wisest and safest decision would be to get an auto-rickshaw back and so we did.
We paid 100 rupees which seemed like a rip-off but at least we were back. We spent the rest of the evening chatting away in the garden, exchanging life stories until we decided to hit the sack, as tomorrow we have a 6 AM start.
It's already half past midnight so I will wrap it up here!
First off we had an induction class with the Indogenius team, where we got to know more about our programme and after breakfast our journey began.
We started by having an adventurous journey to and with the Delhi Metro into Old Delhi.When we arrived there we visited the mosque built by the same arhitect that built the Taj Mahal and the Red fort.
Then we took rickshaws to the Red fort where we completed our photo-shoto challenges, including a snap of Gandhi's see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, which was really fun as we attracted massive crowds that were photographing us. It felt a bit like being a celebrity chased by paparazi to be honest.
After that we walked to the tube station again, going throught the busy streets of Old Delhi and witnessing a hindu and sikh temple standing side by side. I never thought you can have such a great religious diversity in one square mile. The metro journey was fast and comfy due to the AC but soon enough we were in the hot streets of India, after a cooling monsoon rain.
The final scheduled event of the evening was high tea at the British Council, after a longish trek, which my friends said was delicious and I decided to just stick to water.
The next part of the visit was a talk from Indian cricket legend Kapil Dev, who is worshipped as a god in India, who was a very down to earth gentleman that shared with us a great number of wise words.
After the session finished, a bunch of us decided to go to the market, however, me and my new friend, George, managed to get separated and so had an adventure of our own. We wondered the streets and stumbled into Pizza Hut, where we decided that curry for dinner as well would be too much. So after we collected our food and drinks we set out back to the hotel, which proved to be fun and daunting so we decided the wisest and safest decision would be to get an auto-rickshaw back and so we did.
We paid 100 rupees which seemed like a rip-off but at least we were back. We spent the rest of the evening chatting away in the garden, exchanging life stories until we decided to hit the sack, as tomorrow we have a 6 AM start.
It's already half past midnight so I will wrap it up here!
