While I was in France I suddenly noted how much happier I was when I was in Paris rather than the South & thought “Yep! I’m an Urban Monkey”* but then I got to Delhi & can’t say I enjoyed it much (though I never really gave it a chance – I was in the “suburbs” with the fam fam.**)
In any case, I’m not sure Delhi is big enough for 2 types of urban monkey:
spotted these guys in Delhi downtown, just as I walked out of Spider-Man 3 (cousin had free tix & took the family)
It is tough for an avowed urbanist to swallow, but so far India seems much more beautiful and interesting outside the cities. Maybe this is what the U.S. was like in the heydey of the Industrial Revolution…
Anyway, I’m just south of Chennai (city #2) and in a beach town called Mammalapuram… more soon…
*to be fair, the weather in the SoF was rainy & so we spent most of our time in the car driving around, not nearly the fun possibilities of sun/bike/Paris.
* more fairness: suburbs is a bit strong, Gurgaon is more like adjacent sprawl. I would imagine Delhi has more nightlife and restaurants, hustle & bustle etc.
We won’t be telling you about the weather we just had here… mostly because it is already foggy and chilly again… so it must have been a dream, right?
I thought Spiderman 3 kind of sucked (thankfully I did not pay for it neither).
Have fun wandering!