In Delhi our smaller group stayed at the Oberoi Maidens Hotel, a grand old British hotel from the early 20th century with guards dressed like British beefeaters at Buckingham Palace. Our sightseeing in Delhi was jam packed, and I'll only hit the highlights.
The Jami Masjid is India's largest mosque, located in the center of Old Delhi.
The old city itself is a crowded maze of streets and shops, as you can see from the photo. We rode through those streets in rickshaws, which was quite a bumpy ride and a bit scary at times (no accidents, fortunately).
The Red Fort, pictured here from outside, was the government complex of the Mughal (Mogul) emperors in the 17th and 18th centuries. It contains numerous palaces and mosques, and was the center of government in north India under the British until they built New Delhi nearby (it is no longer a separate city, as the old and new parts are both now at the center of a sprawling metropolis).
The Rajghat, or Gandhi memorial, is a national pilgrimage site where Gandhi was cremated. There were numerous schoolchildren there at the time we visited.
Finally, I just had to take this photo of a plane appearing to hit the minaret of the Qutb Minar, a mosque and palace complex dating to the Delhi sultanate (12th century). It wasn't really close, of course.
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