Thought we were lost???

Not hardly :) Just enjoying our adventure!!! Sorry...but this is a long one...

It is totally wild here - so many people, all doing whatever they please, whenever they please. It has been very interestng being so obviously different than everyone around us - we are targets.

On Sunday we headed to Karol Bagh to check out the motorcycle market, on the way we popped into the bicycle market...which was not as interesting as I expected, oh well. The motorcycle market was amazing! It's about 4 square blocks of motorcycle related sales - some shops just sell motorcycle cables, nothing else. Lots of places selling things to customize the bikes - seat covers, racks, etc. There are tons of the newer bikes - lots of Hero Hondas and Bajaj, a smattering of Yamahas and, of course, some Enfields (but not as many as the modern commuters). Both old bikes and newish bikes - the new model showrooms are nearby, but not in the market area. In the afternoon we found another market with fabrics and tailors and watched them as they repaired 2 stuff sacks that I had brought along (they are better than new now, and only 50 rupees :).

The next day we went to the Tibetan colony north of Delhi - We needed to get out of the horror (?) of Paharganj. It was not easy to get to..or so the autorickshaw guys would have us think...but we discovered the metro and then had a bit of a walk before we found it. And we were both immediately happy. We found the place we wanted to stay and then I wanted some momos - steamed dumplings. My mistake...I was most of the way through them (they were delicious :) and I broke a piece of my tooth off!!!! Scary, to say the least, but it wasn't painful, so we continued out sighseeing adventure and the back to the hotel...where I promptly called the US Embassy (they are good for this sort of thing :) and they directed me to a dentist. One phone call later and I had an appointment for the next day. Then we went to get tickets to Casino Royale :)

This morning was a bit of a rush, we overslept and then packed up and moved all our kit up to the Tibetan colony. After a quick banana pancake breakfast, we hopped the metro back to town and got an autorickshaw to take us to the dentist.For some reason I am not fazed by anything - I usually panic at the dentist and I was very calm. The dentist was GREAT! She numbed my jaw, cleaned up the mess, filled it up with new amalgam and I was on my way. Hey, I brough my dodgy teeth to India and got them fixed, nearly as good as new, and only 1000 rupees - about 12GBPs!!!! Then more sighseeing (of course :) at India Gate but we all the sudden got really tired and we headed up to the hotel and had a bit of a lie down. Now we have had a fab dinner of fried rice and veggie momos and we are letting you all know what we have been up to :)

We were planning getting the bikes today and leaving tomorrow, but the dentist visit changed that by one day. Tomorrow we will do our best to get good prices on the motorbikes and get out of town as soon after that as possible. More news as it happens...all we know is that we are heading south...