Last Day in India

We are back in Delhi, which means we are back to the heat (and it is really hot!), the pollution, excessive honking, general crowdedness, mosquitoes (especially at the evening sound & light show at the Red Fort in Old Delhi, near the swampy sewage infested Yamuna river; hopefully none with the malaria parasite!), raw sewage everywhere, overly persistent hawkers/autorickshaws, and everything else that comes along with a metropolis in the developing world. Still, despite it all, we feel a little reluctant to leave tomorrow (but only a little reluctant, we will definitely leave, Janet has been fantasizing about chorizo and green salad for the past week!). We spent the day trying to finish up last minute business, like purchasing some gifts (although most gifts seem to be female oriented, sorry males), taking Janet's camera to the camera hospital (supposedly its fixed now after replacing the power supply board), sending postcards of the Taj Mahal (luckily they sell these in every city in India!), visiting the largest mosque in India (where Janet had to wear a bright orange muumuu since she was "inappropriately" dressed), and making various trips to the national museum (dad, in an absent-minded moment, left his fancy progressive lens glasses at the audio guide desk, but we recovered them). Some of us wanted to have Indian food for our last meal, some of us (aka Dad) specifically wanted to avoid said cuisine. We compromised and had Indian for lunch and pizza for dinner. We just sent dad off to the airport from the pre-paid taxi stand, and tomorrow it will be Janet's and my turn for a 4:30AM trip across town for Indira Gandhi International Airport. Next stop London Heathrow (don't worry, we will try not to breathe in the airport to minimize the potential exposure to swine flu). Janet and I will try our best to find Indian food in Canterbury (but fish and chips sounds really good right now!).