Day 9, Delhi: Two more religions' boxes ticked.

(Posted by Andrew about the events of Dec 20; Delhi, India)

Today we stayed in Delhi for a day tour, starting at Jama Masjid in Old Delhi. This is the largest mosque in India and can accommodate from 25,000 to 85,000 worshipers, depending on which Wikipedia page you choose to believe. (Apparently Wikipedia is like India, with many different systems of belief existing concurrently.)

(Don't blame me for the fact that this photo is 20 degrees off level since obviously I didn't take it. Also, don't blame Jessica for her horrible choice of outfits; them's the rules for a woman visiting the mosque.)

Jessica pointed out that we've been to numerous Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox cathedrals, Shinto shrines, Buddhist temples, etc. but we had never been to a mosque before, so there's another box ticked. My personal prayer is that if I ever visit another mosque I will get significantly less bird poop on my socks than I did today.

After that we toured the Tomb of Mahatma Gandhi as well as a few other tombs of this guy and that guy and I don't know who... we're kinda tombed out. We then went to a Hindu shrine, another first for us, but they wouldn't let us take pictures.

We ended up asking to be brought back to the hotel a little early: very tired and Jessica's back is really giving her trouble. Time for a siesta.

P.S. Gastronomical status: Cautiously optimistic.

P.P.S. Happy Whale Day to all!