After a grueling 7 hour layover in Singapore we took off for Delhi at 7:15am NZ time.
It was a 5 hour flight to Delhi and a little bit of sleep was had by all.
Bev got the most sleep in Singapore and on the flight at around 5 hours, Sean got the least at around 3 hours.

The new terminal at Delhi is very nice modern and a heck of a lot bigger than anything Auckland has to offer.
We were met on arrival and transferred to our hotel.
It is in the middle of a shopping district (but not like St Lukes shopping).

See a couple of photo's at the end from out of our hotel room window, 1 of a lady fast alseep on the roof of a neighbouring building and another of other buildings surrounding us.
The hotel is fine inside, but first impressions from the outside were a little worrying.

After time for a quick shower and change of clothes we were downstairs for a briefing on our day tour and off for a quick breakfast, I had a Chickpea curry with a kind of Roti bread. Sean found a fried egg and onion dish to his liking, Nicola was able to force down a piece of toast.

Then it was off on our Delhi city tour. The first stop was the New Zealand High Commission to pick up our Games tickets. Meren was the first person in to pick them up and got to meet the High Commissioner.
Tickets all seem great. High security all around Delhi but especially in the Embassy area. There are Police on almost every corner, huge amount of manpower deployed. Everything feels very safe from a security perspective.

The driving is another matter. I have seen this before in India and Thailand but it was a real education for Sean and Nicola. Our most fun experience was a buffalo ambling down the road in the fast lane not worried about the two lanes of traffic it was effecting.

We got to see many highlights of the City it was neat to get a feel for the place but it was around 35C and so getting out of air con bus every now and again become less appealing.
Certainly lots of sights, sounds (parping horns of cars) and smells (rubbish dump outside of a large Mosque).
Many many dogs, a few monkeys, some squirrels and one buffalo in terms of wildlife.
Tomorrow we are off to Agra. We leave at 8:30 am and its a 5 hour drive. We are then free to explore Agra markets etc.
The next morning we go to see the Taj Mahal before sunrise.