02/9/2004 delhi - not dehli
I just noticed yesterday when I tried to learn a couple of hindi letters in order to understand the signs on the busses (an therefore the busses' destination) that delhi is actually not spelled dehli, but delhi. I will try to correct this error in my previous posts, but this mainly depends on the internet connection and, of course, if I can find all the misspellings. I was actually always wondering why indian people would say 'delli' or even 'dilli' because I was so sure of the presence of this 'h'... however, delhi is not what I would call a 'beautiful' city. but you can somehow survive out here. I mean, you can get some decent food (south indian) which is far better than the food we got in the north (except for the tibetan thoukba which is a noodle soop). although most westeners prefer north indian cuisine as it contains less spices (i.e. chillies), I didn't really like it that much as the it contains great amounts of oil and cream and some little bacteria that would have not survived if there would be more chilli in it. so, the tiny little bacteria we consumed with every meal made us a bit sick. the kitchens are far less hygienic than in sri lanka (I don't know about south india) and the liquid waste is just flowing down the streets (not in a open canalisation as in other parts of asia, but really on the streets) and therefore gets mixed with the drinking water (which I woul never attempt to drink). today we even did some sightseeing and we visited the delhi red fort and the famous mosque which were both pretty impressive (although very hot). now, we will spend another couple of days in delhi and then go on to the south. probably by train. but in india you never know. we have actually already traveled on all kinds of transports like trucks, tractors, and on the roof of the bus for the simple reason that the bus was full, didn't come on that day, or that there was no bus service at all (even though the rough guide said so). but, that's india. or, probably it's the same in whole asia. the back of the truck was actually pretty comfortable (it was half filled with rice bags). but the tractor was really a though one and the roof of a full bus is somewhat scary.
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