{"id":723,"date":"2017-01-31T05:40:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T05:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/?p=723"},"modified":"2017-01-31T16:23:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T16:23:43","slug":"monday-january-30-first-day-in-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/?p=723","title":{"rendered":"Monday, January 30 ~ First Day in Delhi"},"content":{"rendered":"

We sleepily got up at 8:30 this morning, because we had a group meeting at 10:00. The food I chose to eat from the breakfast buffet was tasty.<\/p>\n

There are sixteen interesting well-traveled people in our tour group. Each of us told a little about ourselves. Cha-Cha-Cha also introduced herself when it was my turn.<\/p>\n

Later when we boarded our full-sized tour bus, we could each have a double seat. I like it when we can spread out that way. Our male group leader, Ranvir, is a very experienced guide. We also had a female Delhi city guide named Manja. It was a beautiful clear, sunny day, so Ranvir decided to take us via bicycle-powered rickshaws to Old Delhi. The traffic was extremely heavy. It was quite the experience weaving in and out of cars. The streets were lined with vendors.<\/p>\n

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\nWe visited Jama Masjid, the largest mosque in India, where we women had to don colorful loose-fitting gowns to cover any female attributes. Shoes had to be removed too.<\/p>\n

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\nWe visited Raj Ghat on the anniversary of Ghandi’s assassination, January 30, 1948. There was a special ceremony in his honor at his memorial. He had been shot then cremated. The grounds were beautifully landscaped with colorful flowers and expansive stretches of lawn.<\/p>\n

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\nWe then went to a restaurant to have a special welcoming dinner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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