Today we are thoroughly tired of being white. It is very nice that so many people want to chat and be friendly, but the experience can also be startling and irritating for the humble tourist who is used to complete London-esque anonymity.

We had 2 tasks for today.

1. Buy a train ticket to Agra
2. Visit the Red Fort.

There were originally more items on the itinerary but unfortunately we got up very late so had to shave a few bits off. We intended to visit the Lodi Gardens for sunrise, but found that the 6am wake up call was a bit too antisocial and slept in until 2pm.

Here’s a round up on how we got on with today’s tasks:
1. Fail
2. Fail

And an explanation:
1. The train station was an extremely bewildering place, which we were not really equal to. We wandered up and down for about 10 minutes trying to put off well-intentioned (and not very well-intentioned) helpers. We then decided to have a bash at entering the station itself. Another fail. After a while someone who quite clearly didn’t work for the station packed us off to a fake tourist office where we were nearly persuaded to buy a fake trip to Sringar. Luckily we didn’t go for this, as the only comment the guidebook makes about Sringar is that the UK Government recommends against non-essential travel there (something about the occasionally violent bother going on in Kashmir). This episode taught us that I am a foolish, trusting sort of person, whereas Joe is much more suspicious: an important character trait for a visitor to Delhi. Anyway, We left the fake tourist office and found a real Tourist Information centre which was much more helpful and more importantly gave us tea and biscuits.

2. We basically didn’t get round to it. All the business concerned with point 1 took up quite a lot of time.

We did get to Lodi Gardens in the end – arrived in time for sunset, and it was totally worth it. Pictures to follow.