3rd Day

Yesterday I got up at 5am to walk around Delhi because I heard that Delhi in the early morning is wonderful. So I woke up my two roommates, and went downstairs to check if more people were doing the same thing. Nobody was there, so I just waited for my roommates to come down. Suddenly I see a flustered looking kid with a duffel bag walk by the door of the YWCA. I assumed he was another EAP participant so I opened the door and told him that yes, this was indeed the YWCA. Turns out his name is Matt, and he just came directly from Israel. Also notable was his black kippah. The moment I heard he was in Israel, I addressed him in Hebrew and we spoke it for the rest of our conversation. So he, my two roommates and I wandered the streets of Delhi, eventually spotting a huge golden dome near us. So we walk towards it and find it to be a Sikh Temple. In order to enter, we had to take off our shoes, and put on head-scarves. The Temple sat in the middle of a huge marble courtyard, on which there were many people lounging around. Inside the temple there was live music playing, people praying, and people just sitting around. Outside there was a communal meal being served, and though we didn’t try any, I’m sure it was delicious.

At around 2ish Rae, Camden and I went exploring. We exchanged some currency, got some iced coffee, and Rae and I bought a hookah. It’s beautiful. His name is Rama. We also got a tour of this local park made up of a bunch of buildings from the 1700’s that all serve some astrological purpose. One building was a HUGE sun-dial that can tell time accurate to the half-second! When we got back Rae Katie and I just hung out in my room with the door open listening to music, and people started coming in. Soon we had like 10 people all hanging out in my room, listening to music and playing games. We did this for like 3 hours, which was really nice. At night we tried to go to a bar, but Noah and I couldn’t find the bar we went to earlier with Rahul, so we (20 of us) found some other bar, which was okay.