So we arrived in cold, foggy Delhi and were immediately swept away and passed from one helpful Indian man to the next...! In one day we managed to see many of the sites including The India Gate, the Parliament House & a half built Monkey Temple with time to spare for a stroll through one of the most luxurious malls I have seen. Thanks to Visit India and a lot more money than we had intended on blowing in India, we also had a car arranged starting the following day to take us around the key places in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
This is when we were introduced to Anil, our driver, who ended up being a huge source of our amusement and Indian cultural educator for the duration of our tour. Anil, who we called Harry (short for Harry Potter), was a 31 year old very little Nepalese man whose favorite movie is Harry Potter, & whose music play list consisted of Shakira, Ricky Martin & the Backstreet Boys. It was Harry who first opened our eyes to the common nature of the typical Indian man we were to come across - very unexpectedly blunt, usually slightly offensive yet always endearing in a weird way.
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