The Main Bazaar and the Red Fort were the destinations today. The bazaar was walking distance. Glad I had good shoes. I found a shop with shawls and carpets from Kashmir. Bargaining is the name of the game. An open air tuk tuk ride to the Red Fort, a world heritage site built by Shah Jahan (Taj Mahal fame) as a palace. Riding through Delhi is hair raising and rather fun. Here are a couple of pics.  I took a great video of the ride but can’t figure out how to put it in the blog. Later. Tomorrow I travel to Bhuj.

Christmas Day:  Many offered a “Merry Christmas”to me and I felt sad not to be with family but I was quickly distracted by shopping.

I arrived safely. All is well. A blanket of fog covered the city. Driving is on the right hand side and reminds me of a combination of Cairo and Beijing, honking swerving and driving an inch from the car next to you and never mind the red lights?The driver was there to meet me. Here’s a pic of the hotel and the hotel welcome committee. Tomorrow a little sightseeing and a little shopping. Small airport story: A little seed got stuck in the charging port of my iPad and I thought I was doomed but a friendly technie young man spotted it for me as I started to freak out. I had to operate on it with a pin and the disaster was averted.

12/23 — Delhi
12/25 — Fly to Bhuj (Gujarat in the West)
12/30 — Train to Jaipur 14322
12/31 — Arrive Jaipur (Rajastan)
1/2 — Jaipur to Agra to Delhi
1/3 — Fly to Bodhgaya (Bihar in the East)
1/8 — Night train back to Delhi
1/11– Leave Delhi

Here is the 9 patch/snowball quilt made by my quilting class. We intend to raffle it off to raise money for Rescue Junction in India. If you are interested in buying a raffle ticket, please contact me . Tickets are $5/each or 5 for $20. All proceeds go to the children at the orphanage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzXL9998sFI‎

This short video shows just what the People First/Rescue Junction in Bodhgaya, India is all about.

This is where I will be going on January 3. Check it out. Thanks