Trips to Old Delhi

After class, we like to take little adventures around town. The past two weeks I have ventured out to "Old Delhi," which is about a 40 minute Metro ride.
When you think of India you might imagine people packed together like sardines, but in New Delhi, and especially in the part of town that I live/go to school in, that is not the case; there is a lot of space and I never feel claustrophobic.  That is not the case in Old Delhi. Old Delhi feels and looks like you expect all of India to be: crowded, loud, dusty, and smelly (with good and bad).
Two of the locations I've visited in Old Delhi are the Spice Market and the Red Fort.

Tobias, Priyanka and me walking around finding
the Spice Market.

Michelle and me in a Rickshaw, traveling to the Red Fort.

The view from our rickshaw

The crowed Old Delhi street

The OLD buildings are shmushed together like all the people 

Lots of different activities happen on the street ...

... like medical clinics ... 

... and making garlands.
Eye-spy: See the man making garlands on the right? He saw me taking a picture and gave me and my friend Priyanka each a flower :) It smelled so good, and was a wonderful relief from the stuffy air.
(You can see the flowers in the first pic)

One of the stalls inside the Spice Market. Everyone inside (including the men working there) were constantly coughing because of all of the dust/spice in the air.

Dried fruits and nuts at a stall just outside the Market.
Eye-spy: see the signs, that is the price per kg, so the almonds in the middle row at 600Rupees/kg, is about $5.40/lb
(if I'm doing the conversion right ...)

Some of the fruits, nuts and grains.

A panorama of the Red Fort. We didn't go in because it was too late in the afternoon. But the outside was quite impressive.

Some detail of the Red Fort. It was beautiful and the weather that day was so nice!

Me and some of my travel companions chillin' at the Fort.
Eye-spy: The birds! They were everywhere!