We went to Dakshin last night, a restaurant serving classical food from Southern India. We had some wonderful food which included some complimentary tastings. We particularly enjoyed the banana dosas and the paalkatti pattani masala which is cottage cheese and green peas cooked in spices, coconut, poppy seeds and aniseed. Particularly noteworthy was the Elaneer Payasam for dessert which was like a sweet coconut soup, it was delicious.
Another difficult night as our body clocks have not adjusted so we didn't get to sleep until after 2am. This meant that we again slept in till 11am! We decided that the best cure for this was some retail therapy and so we went across the road to the shopping centre. After breakfast in Costa Coffee, we went to M&S (well you have to don't you)! M&S however proved not to be such a good idea as their credit card machine managed to block John's credit card. Santander, helpful as usual suggested that the only way to unblock it was to return to the UK! Who says banks aren't helpful! Luckily other credit cards are available.
After lunch we took a taxi to Qutub Minar, a murghal 11th century historical site and burial place with a fantastic tower and extensive ruins. The journey there and back by taxi was interesting and took in the sights and sounds of everyday indian life. The traffic here is quite horrendous and progress is made by the driver leaning on the horn and diving into any space he sees, whether it gets him nearer to the front or not. It all seems like a game. The air pollution is very bad and you can taste it. Airplanes taking off from the nearby airport simply appear as ghostly shapes.
We're hoping for a better nights sleep tonight and an easy transfer to the Taj Palace Hotel tomorrow.
Another difficult night as our body clocks have not adjusted so we didn't get to sleep until after 2am. This meant that we again slept in till 11am! We decided that the best cure for this was some retail therapy and so we went across the road to the shopping centre. After breakfast in Costa Coffee, we went to M&S (well you have to don't you)! M&S however proved not to be such a good idea as their credit card machine managed to block John's credit card. Santander, helpful as usual suggested that the only way to unblock it was to return to the UK! Who says banks aren't helpful! Luckily other credit cards are available.
After lunch we took a taxi to Qutub Minar, a murghal 11th century historical site and burial place with a fantastic tower and extensive ruins. The journey there and back by taxi was interesting and took in the sights and sounds of everyday indian life. The traffic here is quite horrendous and progress is made by the driver leaning on the horn and diving into any space he sees, whether it gets him nearer to the front or not. It all seems like a game. The air pollution is very bad and you can taste it. Airplanes taking off from the nearby airport simply appear as ghostly shapes.
We're hoping for a better nights sleep tonight and an easy transfer to the Taj Palace Hotel tomorrow.
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