After waking up from a terribly cold night of sleep, the group was ready to go. The 29th consisted of us going to visit the Humayun tomb, Qutab Minar, and Dehli Haat.
We were warned that people would want to take pictures with us because we were white, but I don't think any of us were prepared for it. Every trip we went on took an additional 20 minutes minimum because people would stop us and ask to take a picture. Some of them won't even ask they will just take creepy shots or try to take photos with us in the background. It is quite bizaar.
The Humayun tomb is a huge tomb, as you probably guessed. The grounds had many different sections to it, but the main attraction was the Taj Mahal-sequel building that was the tomb for a royal family.
The door way to a lesser section of the Humayun tomb. Ignore Andrew's big head.
This is the lesser section of the Humayun tomb. There is a dead family in there.
The Qutab Minar was the second cultural site we visited. It is basically a giant pillar constructed when invaders took over Dehli. After every conquering they would build another level. Two level actually fell off in an earthquake.
Then finally we ended our day with Dehli Haat, which essentially is a huge market. They sold just about everything: clothes, food, jewelry, scarves, carved elephants. It's really overwhelming to be white here. Merchants basically, for lack of a better word, attack you. They also try to rip you off. And they succeeded. I am possibly the worst barterer. That being said I still got two pashmina scarves for about $20 USD.
उस ते ताजमहल नहीं है (That is not the Taj Mahal)
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