Flight to Delhi, Friday, March 15th

We get up and have breakfast at the hotel. We walk around a little and take some final photos of the area. Then we pack up and our taxi arrives. I forgot to mention yesterday that the septic systems here are like South America, do not flush toilet paper, put it in the trash can!

The Ides of March find us flying from Phuket, Thailand to New Delhi, India. A 2PM flight turns into a 3PM flight and takes 4.5 hours in the air. There is also a 1.5 hour time zone change. Don’t ask me why but we have seen 1/2 hour time zones before so we are no longer surprised. By the time we clear Customs in India, it is 8PM. Our ride ditched us and we get a public taxi to take us to our hotel. This is by far, the craziest traffic we have ever seen and our lives are in our driver’s hands! Lane demarcations mean absolutely nothing here. The most important driving tool here is your horn!

So a crazy 30 minutes later we arrive at our hotel and the ride has cost us 742 Rupees ($8.92 US). Cheapest cab ride ever! And the entertainment factor makes it the most exciting ride ever!

It turns out our hotel is an Air BNB and our hosts are friendly enough. They point out the direction to the local street market a block away and we go in search of snacks before bed. We don’t have time for a sit down meal as we will be getting up at 1AM for our next adventure. You’ll have to stay tuned to find out what it is!

Goodnight now!