Early start as we headed by taxi to the old city to join DeliByCycle tour - 6.30am start... we managed to be a little early so the guide took us around the back street to have coffee... not exactly Starbucks ... but lots of atmosphere ... and the coffee was milk boiled in a big pot with sugar and coffee added ... Hygiene probably wasn't high on the shop keepers list but we seemed to have survived!! No real need for the man on the bench next to me to wake from his slumber - It was early!! The tour we took was called Shah Jahan and our guide Tanzin seemed confident in our cycling ability!

Onto our bright orange bikes and with some level of terror we set off into the craziness of Delhi traffic ... dodging buses, Tuk tuks, bikes, people, motor bikes, dogs, horses, donkeys no one paying any attention to any road rules that may exist!!! Somehow we all mutually dodged each other as our single file of travelers headed into the narrow lane ways of 17th Century Old Delhi!
We whirled past shops, temples and houses 100's of years old ... the sounds of horns tooting, vendors calling to each other and my heart beating out of my chest!!! Some lane ways were very narrow, the electric wires overhead looked like spaghetti!! Kids ran out greeting us, everyone smiled and waved at us crazy tourists on bright orange bikes cycling early on a Sunday morning!!
The smells of spices and breakfast curries made us hungry! We headed to the top of the Spice Market for a fantastic view of Delhi ..our eyes watered and our throats burned from the chili laden air.

Back in our bikes and we headed our to the suburbs to the Civil Lines the former British colonial area - big houses, big trees and a world away from Old Delhi.
We stopped for tea under a tree before headed back into the craziness and breakfast at a Al Jawahar! Great morning!
Back to our hotel until later in the afternoon ... The need to shop overtook me ... we headed to Connaught Place to FabIndia and my favorite shop Soma!!

Next we me up with our guide for Dehli Food Adventure a walking tour of Chandni Chowk. Not sure about having to sign a indemnity form ... lucky I'm positive ... 8 restaurants, 3 hours what's the chance of getting sick ... hmm stay posted ... so far so good!! It was fantastic ... amazing food ... street food as well as restaurants ... Everything was a complete assault on my taste buds in the best way!!! We finished near the Jama Masjid Mosque ... and of course its Ramadan so crazy busy ... even for Delhi!! Full of Delhi's best we took a Tuk Tuk back to our hotel! Yep - its great to be back in India!!!