DAY 3

Daily Delhi Report

Today i've been a very efficient tourist. Starting by the Qutub Minar. This 72.5m minaret was the tallest "skyscraper" in the world when built (1193-1368). A very impressive sight indeed. But if the imam was not totally out of breath when reaching the top, the distance had probably for effect that nobody could hear his call. The goal of inspiring awe in the people though is perfectly achieved. 

The Tughlaqabad Fort is quite impressive by his size too but it is a ruin so i show you a picture of his inhabitant instead. 

The Lodhi Garden is a beautiful park where lovers meet hidden under the trees.

The Humayun's Tomb is someway very similar to the Taj Mahal (if you wanna be cool, say "The Taj" like everybody as Mahal means Palace and you don't need to be that precise).

Sometimes, the auto-rickshaw drivers feel that your goal is too far away from their zone of activity but they won't tell. As usual, you bargain the price and you get on the vehicle but after a while the driver will stop and sell you to another driver for the end of the journey. But sure, they will argue between them how much of the tariff should go to the second driver. It is quite difficult to explain what you feel when to guys are arguing over your head about your value. That's what this driver is gonna do in a minute. 

Everywhere in the city you can see these police signs that sound a little funny as it is well known that the Delhi police is heavily corrupt and brutal. With the locals it is, with foreign tourists they are very sweet and helpful.

The funny moment of the day was a shop keeper whom i was buying a shirt who wouldn't believe me when i told him i was definitely NOT Afghan.. I couldn't convince him of the contrary... life is full of surprises and India is their prophet.

On the working side, i started to read "The pleasure of starwatching" and I now know that my sonic installation duration should be a year as the sky is exactly the same every year at the same date. (in fact it is not, but the shift is so thin that you couldn't feel the difference in your lifetime).