New Delhi – 2001

I had a side-trip to New Delhi on one of my normal trips to our jobsite south of Mumbai. We have a large office there and it is my only trip ever – which is pretty unusual in my company. Had the standard stay in the guest house and they cooked dinner there for whoever was in town. Originally, I didn’t think I would get to the Taj Mahal as I had an early morning flight on Saturday – but did some rearranging of my return flight to get a mid-afternoon flight and one of the drivers was happy to make some extra money on a Saturday. It was 6 hours round-trip and needed to be back to the airport by 2pm. So we left at 6am which would give us 2 hours at the Taj. At 9am, we were still stuck in traffic so we had to go to plan B – sites in New Delhi.

• Qutub Minar – tower 11th century defeat of Delhi’s last Hindu kingdom
• Humayun’s tomb – a tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun in Delhi, India. The tomb was commissioned by Humayun’s first wife and was a early predecessor for the Taj Majal.
• The Red Fort  – which served as the residence of the Mughal Emperors and was built in the 16th century.

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(This was written during the Great Shutdown of 2020. My memory isn’t this good, used internet searches to fill in a lot of holes. If there’s huge fat foot below me, it not my fault – that an advertisement I can’t control).