Rain, Rain, Go Away

Joey and Jarret arrived in Delhi on Friday night and they brought the rain with them. Unfortunately, it rained all day on Saturday, their first day and only full day in Delhi. I've been here for 4 months and I've only seen it rain a few times. And it has never rained all day long, but only for maybe 20 minutes.

We braved the rain anyway and started our day in Khan Market. There Joey and Jarret both ordered clothes from a local tailor and we stopped into a few other shops and grabbed lunch. Next, we briefly visited Humayun's Tomb before heading to the New Delhi Railway station to buy train tickets to Jaipur for later in the week. After some confusion and walking around most of the station, we found the Foreign Tourist Bureau and purchased our tickets. Finally, we took warmed our cold and rain-soaked bodies in a coffee shop.

In the evening, Joey, Jarret and Ani came over to my new apartment (yes, I moved again!) and I had some Indian food delivered. From there, we headed to Rick's, the center of Delhi nightlife, for a drink. Joey and Jarret headed back to their hotel soon after and prepared for the next day.

Today, they were off on their own to visit Old Delhi (which we skipped yesterday because of the rain) and Agra for the night. Their day started off very strangely with two taxi driver showing up at their hotel and much confusion. In the end, with a little luck and coincidence, the situation worked itself out. But Joey and Jarret are already beginning to understand that you just can't plan things the way you would if you were home. First, you just don't need to. Everything can (and usually does) happen last minute. Second, if you try to plans things too much, they will rarely work out according to your plans and you will be disappointed. I've learned that if you have low and no expectations, you can't be let down!