Hong Kong to Delhi

We had a crazy two days in this spectacular city. It is insane! The streets in Kowloon are like gritty 80s New York, and packed like ant hills. We didn't fight them too much since the heavy typhoon wind and rain came in and we decided against a few outings like taking the coastal bus to Stanley, a market and beach town. Instead we updated our blog (no censorship in HK - facebook finally!) and went to a huge dim sum dining hall where they push carts of the bite-sized snacks between tables. Then the afternoon was very exciting. We went to an enormous computer and tech wholesale market just around the corner. We didn't need much, but did pick up some really nice computer cases and a travel speaker for only a few dollars. With a new toy set up, we were ready to hit the streets and explore more of Hong Kong island and ignore the rain. At this stage Steph declared it to be 'Christmas for Christophe' (and loves that we have the 10 free accessories to carry now, including a massive tripod...). So, we went for her choice of a burger along the world's longest escalator as our final tour before a late night departure to incredible India!

We arrived in Dehli without any real trouble except it was a 2am landing and 3am before our bags came out. Due to the typhoon our flight pattern was a huge s-shape to avoid the bad weather in the South China Sea. There wasn't too much turbulence at all on our Cathay A330 anyway and we happily continued our episodes of 24 burned on the old netbook. Our friends Bridgit and Graham from Neuilly were so kind enough to even pick us up at this ungodly hour. We then stayed up talking to them until the mosques made their call out at 6am.

After a much needed sleep we woke up to the sound of monkeys in the trees around the villa! Our friends live in a fabulous house with a grand entryway, staircase and huge bedrooms and terraces. Yesterday they took on our fist tuk tuk to lunch in their leafy neighborhood on the south side of New Delhi. The Indian food was delicious - We had cheese (paneer) for the first time since Paris : )