India: Whirlwind trip through the rest of Delhi

Ruins in Delhi. They're pretty much everywhere.

Qutb Minar

In my last couple of days in India, Adam showed me around as much of Delhi as possible.

Lotus Temple. The pavement was so hot and we had to
remove our shoes. I kind of wanted to
jump into the pool of water.

We visited Old Delhi and snapped a photo of the outside of the Red Fort. Then we walked past the "Friday mosque," Jama Masjid, and visited a renowned kebab place for one of the many meals of the day. (This was our "food tour" day, which I'll recount in an upcoming post.) We checked out Connaught Place and its circles of modern stores as well as its traditional bazaars, where I bought my dad and nephew matching Indian kurtas.

My hand just after the
mendhi artist finished.

We went back to Green Park, where I got mendhi on my hand from a street artist. While that dried, we walked around some nearby ruins and then Deer Park.

On my last day, we visited the Lotus Temple, a Bhai'i temple for meditation.

We also stopped at Qutb Minar and walked all around the complex.

By the time my plane left, I was exhausted. I arrived back in the U.S. in the wee hours of the morning (something like 14 hours later) and from my layover in Newark airport, I was able to watch the sun rise over the New York skyline. A pretty great way to cap off the trip!

See the rest of the photos from the end of my trip here.

Sunrise over New York.