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The first image as we deplane in Delhi.
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Delhi's Airport
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Entrance to the Lemon Tree Hotel
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Walk down a corridor to the mall. This is looking down into the center where special vendors were invited for a week.
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Such beautiful colors. We investigated...
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A mall that could be in any major city of the world.
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Susan looks for something appropriate for the wedding.
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Don't worry about the swastika.
(They are common in India.)
As explained in the linked Wikipedia article, it has been a symbol
of peace, tolerance, and good luck in multiple Indian religions
for more than a thousand years. Jews are welcome in India
and have been examples
of social and material success in India for hundreds of years
As
explained by our guide, "This symbol has been good luck
to India for more than a thousand years. Mr. Hitler borrowed
the symbol without asking. For him, the symbol was not so lucky."
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Many shops have small idols with or without the burning incense.
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McDonalds appears to be struggling in a nation where a billion people are vegetarian and a hundred muslims want Halal meat.
No wonder they love Dominos here. (True fact.)
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It is a candy stand!
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There are people new to the city every day. For some, it must be like traveling from the middle ages directly into the twenty first century.
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A rupee (RS) is just over two cents. For example, the mini-bar price of a juice-box is just under (US) $1.00. With hotel mini-bar prices similar to US vending machine prices, India is the first place I've ever been that seems to actually encourage you to purchase from the mini-bar without the guild associated with wasting your money. (This was true in every hotel we stayed at.) US properties could learn a lesson.