Settling-in in New Delhi

This is a peek at Downtown Delhi. this area is called Connaught Place (CP to the locals.) It is the British built area of the shopping district, though I dont' think they would approve of the air pollutions effect on their white facades.
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Day 8 and things are finally clicking into place a bit. Besides registering with the FRO, some kind of foreigners bureau of the government, I'm done with registration. I am still at my hotel for now, but will be moving to my hostel, Chandrabaga, on Sunday (see review.) I'm excited to finally be getting into my apartment where I'll get to meet more women. I've met some great people so far, but not many of them are women.

Same ole same ole last night. You know, going out to a Thai restaurant in India with three friends from Zimbabwe, one of whom is living in Turkey. It was a fun night. We tried the Indian beer, Kingfisher. I'm not usually a big beer fan, but it's not bad. We were at the part of the city called Pria. It's a Western-type shopping center with higher end stores, restaurants, more western markets, and a few clubs. I did check out one of the markets and finally bought some chocolate. I haven't eaten any of it yet, but I would swear that I slept better last night knowing it was in my fridge.

This is the cafe in the Aravali Guesthouse where I had been eating breakfast. You can get a very thin "omlette" with tomatoes and onions with barbeque sauce on request, 3 pieces of toast, and a cup of tea for 15rp (30 cents.) Not bad.
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For dinner we went to Pizza Hut (we just snacked at the Thai place.) I asked for pepperoni, but they were out or just don't carry it. So,I got the sheik kebab pizza with eggplant, corriander, and cheese. Not bad, definitely not your average pizza, but not bad. There is also a Subway there so I'll keep that in mind for future Western food cravings.

The guys last night were great. Tongauy is a new student at JNU as well so we had a lot in common at the moment. And I think I got stared at more, but bothered less about it, walking around with a 6'4" guy friend. His father was a diplomat, and one of the other guys lives in Turkey right now and travels alot, so we had some really nice conversation about International happenings.

This is the front of Chandrabaga, my hostel on campus. The plants show the scenic walking route to the hostel, and what you can't see are our resident cow and dogs.
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That's about all I have for now. I am posting a lot of pictures today so that save's me at least a thousand words, right? So, enjoy and I'll hope to have more soon.