Awoken by a rather strident announcement that we are 30 minutes out of Dubai. We have missed our original connection but there are greeters at arrivals who issue us with new boarding cards and we are on the 10.10 flight to Delhi. It is now 6.10 local so we head for the Emirates Lounge and a spot of brekker. It's reminiscent of a rather upmarket Students Union.
What with breakfasting and blogging and buying duty free the time flies by and flight EK516 for Delhi is ready to go. We settle in and after a short delay the plane is in the air. R has her first glass of champagne of the day. Her watch, still on UK time, says 7.10 a.m. Lunch soon follows along with our first view of the subcontinent.
By the time we get to Delhi the sun has disappeared and the weather is more what one would expect of Scotland than India. Thee immigration queue was not too bad and there was no queue at all at Thomas Cook's Foreign Exchange - no wonder as the rate they offered was miserly. We quickly found our driver and got loaded up in his Mercedes. He was unperturbed by the appalling driving that was being displayed by most drivers on the road. He told us that most people bribe the driving test wallahs. We were grateful to him for getting us to the hotel in one piece.
Check in went well and we were shown up to a very nice room on the 10th floor with views towards the city centre which was just about visible through the rain. The nice man told us that our room rate includes complimentary wifi, drinks and snacks in the club room and a bindi each from the nice young lady who leaves a large red spot on each of our foreheads.
We are feeling pretty grubby so a shower is first priority along with a trip to the nearby metro station for smart cards so we don't have to queue tomorrow. By the time this is done and we have checked the e-mails it is time to hit the club lounge. A couple of Kingfishers and a plate of pakoras hit the spot. Went to bed dog tired at 8 p.m. and wike awake at 11 p.m., just in time to see the most spectacular rain storm.
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