Tughlakabad

Saturday afternoon I went to Tughlakabad which was the third city of Delhi built in the 1320's with a couple of coworkers, Jonaki, Amar and his wife. Now the fort stands in ruins. It is not a popular tourist destination, but I enjoyed it. It has been untouched and unrepaired. It is in south Delhi. There were monkeys hanging around the tomb. The fort had a number of donkeys, a cow, some cranes and goats around it. It was very quiet there, only about 10 other people all together. The fort also had a great view of the city. However with the smog, it was not the clearest view.

After the sight seeing we went to eat at KFC. The prices were a little cheaper than the US, but the flavor was the same. Plus they were the biggest pieces of chicken I have had since being here. The only difference is the locals would dip their chicken in ketchup for a little extra flavor.

Afterwards we went to a Blues Bar to listen to one of Amar's friends bands. She was the lead singer of the band. I was suprised to here that kind of blues music coming out of the locals. The place is empty though. They said it was from the poor economy. We left around 10:45 which was about half way through her set. I had to take a cab home. I returned home around midnight.

Then at 5 am the crackers started going off. One of the religions here celebrated the sun god yesterday. The crackers were part of their morning afterwards ritual to go to a river for pooja, prayer. It was a early wake up call for me.