A change to the schedule saw us spending today in Delhi, with the trip to Agra now happening on Monday.
We spent the day with Tara projects - learning a lot about their artisans, and being very impressed by the political and social development work that they do. We all thoroughly enjoyed music and dance by some Rajasthani performers, then we were treated to pizza, noodles, French fries and diet Coke for lunch!
We then set off on a brief tour of the sights of Delhi, seeing the Baha'i Lotus Temple, a Hare Krishna temple, the Red Fort, Delhi Gate and India Gate.
An early supper was followed by a chance for us to spend some final time together as a group, reflecting on our experiences over the last 16 days. Now there are some frantic struggles going on as we attempt to cram everything into our suitcases ... then we'll all be early to bed.
At 5am (the reason this is so brief - I need to go to bed!) we'll be on the road to Agra to visit some stone carvers who work with Tara Projects, and to visit the Taj Mahal. It will be a long day, but a chance for those who haven't been there before to visit one of the world's most famous buildings. Unfortunately Carell and Shirley won't be going with us as they have an earlier flight (to Bangkok) than the rest of us and didn't want to risk being late back ... newspaper reports this weekend suggest getting to the airport here 6 hours before your flight time as the various security and check-in lines are so bad....
After a long day on the bus we'll have a long night on the plane before heading our various separate ways - some (me included) are staying in England for a while, others head straight back to Canada.
I'll find time to post more updates and pictures when I'm in England in the middle of the week.
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