Our adventure continued on Sunday in Old Delhi, the original parts of the city, a maze of narrow alleyways, tiny open front shops, active citizens, and historical structures. And, of course, the ubiquitous horns of Delhi traffic. The fifth most populous city in the world (and the most rapidly growing), Delhi has over 11,000 residents per square kilometer (by contrast, OKC has 322 residents per square kilometer). Much of everyday life in India revolves around re...

We arrived at Delhi airport a little before 3:00 a.m. (the time here being 11.5 hours ahead of home). By the time we cleared customs, gathered the travelers, and bused across town, we didn't check in until nearly 5:00, but we were up a few hours later for breakfast and to begin our tour of India. Traffic, we were told, was light yesterday; still, cars, bikes, motorcycles, buses, and hundreds of tiny taxi-scooters clogged the road. Lots of people, crammed toget...