On Saturday, I started my work as Delhi tour guide and took Jen, Mike and Kory to Old Delhi. Kory is an Accenture friend who's working in Hyderabad for a few weeks. I convinced him to come up to Delhi for the weekend since I thought a trip to India would be incomplete without seeing Delhi and the Taj Mahal. And it worked out perfectly too, since I'd already planned to show Jen and Mike around on Saturday.
We started the day by traveling to Old Delhi and as soon as we stepped out of the car, the haggling started. We were able to fend off the cycle rickshaw drivers and made it to the Red Fort on our own. After exploring the old fort for a bit, we returned to Chandni Chowk and hired two cycle rickshaws to take us 
through the streets to the Spice Market. We wandered around for a bit, but our noses were quickly overwhelmed by the strong (but surprisingly lovely) scents.
Next we headed for Jama Masjid, one of the largest mosques in Asia and one of the few that non-Muslims can visit.
The full name of the mosque is Masjid-i-Jahan-Numa, which means "the mosque commanding a view of the world. The courtyard is huge and can hold up to 25,000 worshippers. I actually didn't visit the mosque on my last trip to Old Delhi, so it was nice to finally seeing it up close.
We started the day by traveling to Old Delhi and as soon as we stepped out of the car, the haggling started. We were able to fend off the cycle rickshaw drivers and made it to the Red Fort on our own. After exploring the old fort for a bit, we returned to Chandni Chowk and hired two cycle rickshaws to take us 
through the streets to the Spice Market. We wandered around for a bit, but our noses were quickly overwhelmed by the strong (but surprisingly lovely) scents.Next we headed for Jama Masjid, one of the largest mosques in Asia and one of the few that non-Muslims can visit.
The full name of the mosque is Masjid-i-Jahan-Numa, which means "the mosque commanding a view of the world. The courtyard is huge and can hold up to 25,000 worshippers. I actually didn't visit the mosque on my last trip to Old Delhi, so it was nice to finally seeing it up close.a
Afterwards, we wandered more (yes, this is a theme) and found Karim's, a Delhi institution. Our walk to there took us through the very interesting Car Parts Bazaar, with yes, old cart parts! But we were all a bit disappointed with the food at Karim's and it definintely wasn't as good as I'd remembered.
Exhausted, we finally headed back to my apartment in the much calmer New Delhi to relax and get ready for our overnight train journey to Udaipur.
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