All done, clothes in bag, goodbyes painfully said, toothbrush almost forgotten, bums on seats, first curries digested and Delhi bearing ever closer from the plane window, it looks a mess...

Marty and I woke up an hour and a half ago and looked out the window, we were flying over a gigantic snow-capped mountain range somewhere over Afghanistan, it was surreal and utterly stunning, we were on our way to the most foreign place I have ever been. Very glad Marty is sitting next to me, his sage reasoning and experience will be a huge aid.

Landing in Delhi airport still in no-mans land between customs and the arrivals gate, we changed up some money, took a deep breath and put our best foot forward into surprising calm, found "Hotel Namaskar" and "Martyn" etched on a placard and wandered off with the taxi driver to our hotel in Paharganj.

This place is mental. The 30 minute drive from the airport to the Hotel was intense, some pretty fruity sights and complete and utter abject poverty were hard to swallow. We've spent the first couple of days doing a lot of walking around and getting acquainted with where we are and how things work. We have been stared at A LOT! The man with the holy hair and the gigantic lady are probably a bit of a weird sight, we are both considerably taller than everyone here, blending in is not going to be a possibility...

Already things are starting to seem easier and a bit less foreign, we've not been hassled as much as anticipated. Marty did some sterling work bargaining with some rickshaw drivers earlier, at one point I looked around and there were about 30 people gathered around watching the bargaining process, as Marty pointed out, as long as you keep a smile on your face and do things with good grace things have no reason to turn nasty.

The food so far has been phenomenal, I think I'll have to have a post designated to food, it's amazing. That's all for now, off to have more of a wander and figure out what tomorrow might bring.

Love to all and thanks for reading. Photos to follow.

xx