June 21, Delhi sighseeing, Hanuman Temple, India gate

All water and food is included for the first week, which is awesome (and so generous of EAP considering that whole package probably cost EAP $100 total). We took a rickshaw through a scummy neighborhood to a Hanuman temple. These people lived in filth, so sad! They had tarp roofs and dirt floors, with no garbage, electricity, or running water. Men were praying on the ground, in meditation. We had to get the bindi (dot) on our foreheads. But after we got them, the priest gives you holy water and I accidentally washed off the dot hahaha. Then we collected our shoes and the transvestite asked for money.
After that, we took rickshaws to the India Gate. However, on the way, this policeman ran into the middle of the road and stops our rickshaw and gives the driver a ticket. I didn’t know they gave tickets here. So it was a really awkward cab ride the rest of the time. We got out and saw a snake charmer who was playing his flute. The cobra was upright in a little basket. He was moving to the rhythms. It was awesome.
The India Gate was a big arch inscribed with the names of soldiers who fought for independence. Not that amazing. It was so unamazing that the Indian tourists wanted to take pictures with us rather than of the gate. At the far side was the Parliament building, the seat of the largest democracy in the world.