10-15-2011

When we came out of customs, Vikas was there waiting for us. He seems lovely and he took us right to our waiting van and Satish, our driver. We got to our hotel and after some bumfling around, we went to dinner by way of the India Gate, which was lit up in the tricolor for night. Then we went to the Ashok Hotel and their Oudh Restaurant, where Jimmy, Lois, Grace and I had such a good meal last year. We met Vishal, our tour operator for the first time and he is very lovely. He treated us to dinner and we weren't disappointed. The food was as good as we remembered it. Vishal ordered for the table and we had mutton biryani, dahi ke kofta, tandoori chicken, butter and plain naan and other assorted scrumptious things. Then dessert came – gulab jamuns, of course, and they were delicious. It was a splendid start to our Indian adventure.