Tag: India

I was up a 4am this morning trying to sort out another hotel but they just all seemed to be full apart from of course the more expensive ones or the very cheap ones! So I decided better the devil you know and am staying put! I did find out later in the day that it maybe due to the Delhi half marathon tomorrow.

After filling up on the buffet breakfast (to make sure I get my monies worth!) and with a bit of help from the hotel concierge I sourced out where to get packing materials for my bike, I’d already found a bike shop where I could hopefully get a box from but they didn’t open until 11am so off I went to get some bubble wrap, which remarkably I found pretty easily!

After returning back to the hotel to drop the bubble wrap off it was time to find the bike shop which was about five miles away in South Delhi. That too was pretty easy to find and he also had a box, which was delivered to the hotel in the evening.

On the way back to the hotel after sorting out the box I done a spot of site seeing and went to see the Indian gate and the parliament buildings then that was enough for me so I went back to the hotel.

Whilst I was out playing the tourist I got speaking to a bloke from England Nick, turned out we were staying at the same hotel so we had supper together. Nick was over here on business and was just playing the tourist on his last day before flying home in the early hours of the morning.

It was nice to be able to have a conversation with somebody and not have to keep guessing what they said because of the accent!

Now what came first the bad mood, bad roads or the bad drivers? I suspect it was the bad mood! The hotel or rather the place I stopped at last night was so noisy, there was some party going on across the road and the music was just so loud, it wasn’t the loudness that worried me or rather annoyed me, it was more the fact that it was just so distorted!

Not too sure what time I feel asleep but the next thing was I got woken up by somebody in the hotel possibly the staff playing loud music at about 2am!

So it was a case of Mr Grumpy right from the go this morning, which wasn’t helped by the bad roads and bad drivers! I even had a go at a couple of people today because they’d cut me up or nearly run me of the road! And all I got back was a look as if nothing was wrong with what they’d done, but I was in such a bad mood I made sure they knew I was unhappy! As far as I was concerned everybody was a tosser today!!

I’m already missing Nepal, all the places I stayed were generally pretty good and had wifi, whereas what they pass for good here in India leaves a lot to be desired and also they don’t tend to have wifi available as much!

Don’t get me wrong I love India, I just find it a bit frustrating some of the standards of accommodation they have, especially when they bill it as good or exceptional, but then for £6 a night what do you expect! And I certainly can’t complain tonight! I think I’m just grumpy today and best just go to bed! Good night everyone!