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Another day in Delhi so I went for another walk. This time I decided to head through the old part of town through some of the old bazars. You see pictures all the time of the jumble of power lines in India but it is really the case. And it goes for miles. As far as you can see there is a jumble of power cables and if someone wants a new connection they just add it on. There were rows of people selling fruit and veg, probably home grown, and tea and spice shops. What struck me was the amount of manual labour. Everything is moved by boys with a barrow or they put it in a bag and put it on someones head. I was heading for the Red fort and taking my time so it would be open when I got there. When you see the pics, if you think the place looks familiar thats because if was built by Shah Jahan, the bloke who built Agra. Apparently Agra was short of water so he was going to move to Delhi but his upstart son, Aurangzeb, imprisoned him in Agra fort before he could move. Once inside there are all the usual trinket sellers and souviner sellers to get past then pay 200Rp to get in. Well Im sick of getting ripped off so I didnt pay the 200. They charge you but then you only get to walk around the courtyards. None of them let you inside to any of the rooms or up the top. You can only look at so many forts and so much stone carving. The inside is massive I would say about 10 blocks of the CBD, it really is huge, and some of it is still used by the army so is off limits. As I was trying to get out an army guy told me I couldn't go this way I had to go that way. I went the way he told me and ended up at some really **** "museum". I asked the army guy there how to get out he said "cant" so I swore at him and went all the way back the way I came. You reckon I didn't give the original bloke a spray when I went past him. Im sure he didnt understand all the words I used but I know he understood the sign language. Across the road is a market and everything looked dirt cheap so I will be going back there to check it out before I come home. Did another run up Chandi chowk to check it out when it was all open. I can only say it was bedlam. I'll be back.
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