Hello from Delhi--Dhanyawad!

After a long but uneventful flight, I made it into Delhi in the middle of the night on Thursday. Rebecca and I spent Friday investigating our surroundings in East of Kailash near the World Buddhist Centre, where we are staying,which offers lovely (and reasonable) accommodations where we have breakfast, lunch, and dinner with the Buddhist monks (of Japanese descent) and other international travelers.

We also explored Connaught Place, seeing a public art installation and various markets and parks there.

Our primary mode of transportation thus far has been auto-rickshaws, where Rebecca has shown her excellent negotiating skills (we always knew that debate experience would come in handy!) and impressive skill in Hindi.

Today we are meeting her facilitator from Fulbright, who is helping Rebecca find a long term place to stay. He will also guide us around the city a bit more.

So far, I have found Delhi much to my liking. We have seen very few Americans or Europeans here, but everyone we have encountered has been interesting and helpful. Lots more explorations to follow. Eventually I will also figure out how to post some pictures, as I'm using the Buddhist's computer for now.

Dhayawad! (That's "thank you" in Hindi).