Day 479 - In the middle of hectic Delhi

We woke up to beeping, shouting and general chaos that consumes the small alleys between the crushing mass of buildings that make up Paharganj (the budget area of Delhi). Despite limited sleep we rose early and set off to the train station battling the masses for a place to put one foot after the other!!
The train station was remarkably efficient and easy - there's a special booking office for foreigners which we took advantage of and found things almost a little too easy now that everyone speaks English - and we were just starting to get the hang of Russian!! We walked away with 2 tickets on a train to Gorakhpur tomorrow night, and then set about going from hotel to hotel for a cheaper (but still decent) room for tonight.

After an hour or so we found one we were happy with, returned to our hotel for our bags and checked in to our new hotel (for 1/3 of the price, but possibly also 1/3 of the standard!).
The budget in check again we made multiple trips up and down the exotic streets - well, if you consider bright colours, noise, dirt, wild cows, elephants, mangey muts, touts, and suicidal rickshaws exotic. We stopped in for our first Indian curry: we are now officially in Liv friendly territory, with every second restaurant offering 'pure veg' food! We also managed to buy a second hand (3 weeks of use!) Lonely Planet from another traveller for a steal, so now we have some clue of what we're doing ...
After another delicious meal in a much more bustling streetside restaurant we strolled the busy markets and weaved down back alleyways where suddenly we couldn't see another foreigner and the dodginess increased. Luckily we broke out of the maze and into familiar territory and continued our bazaar trip.

Adlibing sights, sounds and smells of Delhi.