Back to Dehli ,from Udaipur

Exactly a week after I 1st arrived, I am taking a flight back to Delhi.
Im a little sad ,as I have to part company with Hamid, my driver for the whole of my 1st week.
We have covered some significant mileage..at least 2days where he has driven for 6 or 7hours for my benefit. Despite my extremely limited Urdu ,which I have happily and comfortably used, and his limited English we have got on well..
He paid me huge compliment saying he was bit nervous bout the next guests and the tour with me has been the best in his life.
He has been amazing...driving here is an absolute art...and he remained calm the whole time as well as being really thoughtful. If I wanted the cash machine, he came with me .It happened that his brother was driving for another tour at the same hotel ,so I got to meet him too
Yesterday Id intended to warm up and go to have Henna done at the hotel shop ,but as I fell asleep I missed the chance, but had it done this morning .The lady has a 9yr old son and lost her husband with yellow fever only 9months ago...
Electricity cutting out has been an issue in every hotel so far.
One minute lights are on ,the next ,I am sitting in the dark momentarily. Hamid said its because its raining 🌧!😳
Using a phone charger with adapter is another challenge in most countries and India is no different. The weight of the adapter results in a poor connection requiring innovative ways of propping up the drooping plug .Even where its possible to put the charger cable directly into the socket the connection can be unsatisfactory without being propped up.🤦‍♀️
My flight time with Indi Go airline had been changed but didn't cause a major problem. Poor Hamid was dropping me then Driving 10hrs to Dehli.to meet new guests .By contrast my flight was 2hrs.
On arrival at Dehli airport, we had a tour of the airport, in the plane or so it seemed ....literally driving round past the fire station past the discarded ramps and other equipment. It seemed that we hadn't been allocated a gate to arrive at .
As I got off I saw the pilot and joked by saying thanks for the tour of the airfield I really enjoyed it....He understood and said he was glad about that and that air traffic control had gone bit crazy 🤪 and he felt hed literally seen every road on the airfield. At one point we paused just at the side of the runway, before setting off again.
My driver for Dehli is Sanjay ,a young guy with smaller car than Hamid. He was very keen to get back to his car ,but I had been delayed arriving .
At my hotel I asked for a quiet room but I can hear the constant beep of horns that is a feature of Indian roads..
Photos today are from.today but also from yesterday in Udaipur as there were so manyRead more