A quick update

We've moved to the JNU campus. (Jawarhalal Nehru University) We're getting comfortable with Delhi. The first day to the tourist areas was misleading. The stereotype pictures of the crowded streets is not really typical of the rest of Delhi. I'll post a couple of pics here. First, view from an autorickshaw.



Then view of the Red Fort.


Next the Guest House we stayed at.




And finally lunch with Winnie Singh and her husband - a contact through CH in Anchorage. He just retired from the army. They are working on AIDS prevention projects through their organization MAITRI - www.maitri.org.in - don't have time to
do the link now.



As you can see, we found a place to download pics onto a disk. Have a bunch of new ones to download. Roly's cousin Nishan came over yesterday and took us to JNU where we planned out the rest of the trip. Amritsar to see the Golden Temple, Agra to see Taj Mahal. Then to Rajistan for 4 or 5 days. Then fly to Kerela and come up thru Cochin and Goa to Bombay (now Mumbai). Inland to see the Elora caves. Then back to Delhi in time to fly home. He travels around India all the time and is making arrangements for a car and driver for the first part and connections for the rest. So there will be lots to post. We Americans tend to be so ignorant about India - as we devour Lonely Planet India and an anthology of India travel writing, we are getting quite excited.

The conference starts tomorrow. Rashmi has arrived and we meet him here in about 15 minutes so I have to run.