Day 2 - India

Submitted by Salim on November 7, 2005 - 21:15.

If ever Michael Norton offers to take you out for a walk, clarify exactly what this entails! After a much needed first nights sleep in Delhi’s India International Center, I awoke to the 7am early morning wake up call on the telephone. I joined Michael, Bob, Farook, Andrea, Kate and Nickala for our early morning stroll through Lodhi Gardens. These gardens are the backdrop to the IIC Centre and are beautifully landscaped with flowers, shrubs, trees, water, ancient buildings – and a walking track.

This place was unbelievable. We were welcomed by the sight of what seemed like hundreds of people who were out at that time in the morning walking, jogging, running, speed walking, stretching and even practicing yoga! The place was buzzing and full of all types of people, male, female, young, old, fat, thin etc. There were even people who were grouped together practicing what seemed like laughter therapy. It seemed like a scene out of one of my favorite Bollywood films “Munna Bhai mbbs” For those who have seen it you will know exactly what I mean.

Forty minutes later having burned many a calorie trying to keep up with Michael who glided ahead and having had a conversation with Sue about religion, incarnation and the meaning of life, we walked back to the IIC absolutely starving but really looking forward to a big breakfast. I joined Kate and we both had a delicious Indian breakfast of Puri and Chola, orange juice and traditional Indian tea – makes a change from porridge. read more | add new comment