Perumal's Travel Blog

Went for a walk to Connaught Circle park before breakfast.     After breakfast and checkout went for a quick car tour to India Gate.    Then shopping at a Delhi Cottage Industries shop (like Handlooms or Khadi Kraft).  And then to see the Akshardham BAPS LakshmiNarayan temple.    Said to be the biggest Hindu temple in the world. While their London Neasden temple is the biggest in the West - presumably written before their Chicago BAPS temple was built. Very strict security - no phones or Bluetooth devices allowed in, including smart watches.    Should have left everything in the car but we thought phones could be used for taking photos - mistake - the depositary was far from the Temple itself.    Shorts not allowed and so had to buy dhotis. Lack of hats and socks also took its toll in the hot Delhi sun.  Finally managed to depart, had lunch at the UP15 Dhaba outside Meerut and then straight on to Haridwar which we reached at 5....

  Left home at 1.30pm after a busy morning including last-minute business call.     Before board meeting on Monday morning.   Checked in and went to SQ lounge. Unfortunately our Singapore Airlines Krisflyer status has dropped n the past few years and so we were not able to bring in guests.    Had a nice lunch of Laksa and Dim Sum since we will be deprived of such local Singapore choices for a week, and later on even for months.. Watched a very Singaporean series on the flight - 4 hours of The Icons that made us.    Some nostalgia but I couldn’t relate to the events after 1999.  Very empty flight- a large double decker Airbus 380-800.  Flight landed 20mins early but had to wait a long while for luggage.  Turned in early at 10.30pm No photos taken.