Shopping in Delhi

Hauz Khas Lake

Ruins at Hauz Khas

Boxes of Necklaces at En India

Sea Bass, Eggplant, Tomato, Pumpkin at Varq at Taj Hotel

Today was devoted to shopping. We went to our favorite shopping areas. More than anything I was struck by the traffic in Delhi. It was unbelievable in some of the areas we were in. I don’t know how Vijay does it.

At one point we were trying to find a store and we circled around, ever so slowly. We had an address but that was no help. We were finally told it was behind the Hyderabad Bank. We looked everywhere, but couldn’t find it. Meanwhile the traffic was awful. I kept calling the store and they would give Vijay directions, but it appeared to be hopeless, even though we knew we were close to the store.

Finally I went into the first shop I saw and asked them to call the store. They did and the store finally sent a young women over to guide us. The store had no name, it was just a black door on the 2^nd floor of a non-descript building. No way could we ever have found it. The store was called: En India at it had reasonably priced artistic necklaces.

We went to other places we like to shop in Delhi: Hauz Khas (which is combination of both shopping and a beautiful historic lake and ruins). Notice in the picture of the Hauz Khas lake (in ancient days the source of water for Delhi) that you only see trees. The lake is in the middle of Delhi, yet totally isolated. You don't see one tall building while overlooking the water. Santushti is another shopping area we like. It is located on an Air Force base, near where Prime Minister Modi lives. The security everywhere in Delhi is tight, or at least appears tight. When a car pulls into our hotel, the security people open the trunk and look under the hood and scan the interior before even letting the car through the gate. When we exit the car we are put through metal detectors. There has been continual terrorism threats in India, and they are on high alert.

When we returned to The Imperial Hotel, I had a massage. We then cleaned up for dinner, had a drink, and went to Varq at the Taj. It is a modern version of Indian cooking. It was very good, but the imported wines were mucho expensive. We taxied back to The Imperial to spend our last full night in Delhi.