Tuk Tukking around Delhi 😬 (white knuckle rides!)

We’ve been enjoying a much needed rest this week - recharging batteries and finding time to discover a little more of the Delhi we haven’t seen before.

Amanda gave us a fabulous book called ‘111 Places in New Delhi That You Must Not Miss’ - so this week we’ve been exploring in the warm winter sunshine.

We found, new parks, the Lanes of Shahpur Jat with all the the haut couturier shops, Khoj Art Studios, Sultan Garhi’s Mausoleum, the Ahinsa Sthal Park with Metcalfe’s Folly and the statue of Lord Mahavira seated in Padmasna pose on a Lotus flower. We enjoyed a recommended ‘mutton stew’ at The Pot Belly, having climbed up 5 flights of stairs to the restaurant! 

We’ve just been to see the ‘Coms’ team at Bhikaji to wish Ayesha a happy birthday - took her a Fridge cake having had such a ‘cake’ disaster last week!! 

Taking a quick flight to Amritsar tomorrow to see the Golden Temple and Wagah Ceremony..... we need to go back to work for a rest!!

The Pot Belly restaurant (worth the climb up 5 flights of stairs).

Khada and Litti Mutton - delicious!! - they also had Phish Phingers on the menu (tempted, but went for the Mutton).

One of the Lanes of Shahpur Jat - described as an open air street art gallery.

This is our little stationers ‘shop’ it’s a bit of den but somehow ‘Mr Mole’ burrows away and finds what I need.

My shoe needed mending, so the shoe wallah (mochee) who sits and works on the pavement near our flat did an amazing job for 50p.

The 14ft tall Lord Mahavira statue, installed by Jain worshippers in the mid 1980’s

The ‘backside’ (Indian terminology) of the statue (with Metcalfe’s Folly and Qutb Minar in background).

Metcalfe’s Folly - Sir Thomas Metcalfe was appointed by the East India Company to deal with the last of the Mughal emperors, Bahadur Shah Zafar, and to oversea civil matters in Delhi.

The Ahinsa Sthal Park. Nice to see open space and ‘green’.