Day 1- Megan

We arrived in at 5:30am after travelling for 22 hours with 4 hours sleep, so as you can imagine we were very tired and temperamental. Some time later we found our way to our hotel. After catching the metro then a taxi, to get a permission slip to enter paharganj during the election, we then found out that we didn't need permission which meant an  interesting detour of the city for our family.

If there is one word I could use to describe today it would be intense. Everything is intense. The smells, sound,  atmosphere, people- and talk about traffic? I won't complain again about auckland traffic jams. The scariest moment of today was probably hanging off the edge of squashed auto rickshaw with Joanna and mum as the driver wedged us between buses, motor bikes honking his horn loudly at everyone who passed.

The highlight of the day was the red fort built in 1638 by Shah Jahan (the same guy who built the Taj Mahal). It felt nice to be inside and away from the hustle and bustle of Delhi, which interestingly enough was what the fort was designed for in the first place as well as to keep enemies out. It was a great opportunity to take lots of photos, especially on my new SLR camera- which I will post on fb after our trip. Although during the trip it will just be photos from our phones, which seem to be popular device with indian tourists. Some of the Indian tourists asked to take photos with Joanna and I, and subtly asked dad to step aside so he wasn't in the photo, much to everyone's amusement. He was all photo ready- poor dad, don't worry there will be many more photo opportunities.

Anyway gtg food dinner has arrived.