Adventure in India: The Tourist's Tour

Since leaving Agra, i've been continuing my tour of north west india in the typical tourist hotspots. Before I share some of the sights, I'll go through some lessons learned along the way:

-Make sure you check the menu or ask for prices before you start eating at a restaurant or more importantly, a roadside stand. Unscrupulous shop owners may overcharge you without much you can say now that you've eaten everything

-Kids in tourist towns seem to think "haloo money" are the magic words that automatically makes foreigners want to give them money. They will swarm around you, quite persistently, constantly shouting "haloo money". I've even had one kid continue to yell that even after i was a good 300m away.

-People will usually come up to you at a tourist site and being explaining things or start giving you directions without any solicitations, doing whatever they can to convince you to let them be your tour guide. They dont really post any threat but it can be tiring having to say no 4 or 5 times before each one will leave you alone and having to shoo away half a dozen touts at each site.

-Indian food is made with massive amounts of butter. Very tasty, but now I know how even vegetarians can get massive.

-I am addicted to chai (indian spiced milk tea). I have about 3 or 4 cups a day.

-No matter how delicious the street masala looks, don't eat it.

This is my tour of Northwestern India so far:

Delhi
-Red Fort