Wrong Spice

Loving the food here. I am a tad worried about it though; as I am in danger of becoming one of the few people who come to India and gain weight! I know, I should not count my salmonella chickens. One tip: a daily banana lassi is a must. Only had one day with none Indian food, when I was in the vegetarian town of Pushkar I went for Italian options.

Yesterday had a wonderful chicken curry in the Legends of India on Connaught Place. They warned me it was spicy, but it was fine (and most enjoyable). The English are used to this stuff more than most of our European friends, who predominate as tourists here (hence the warning I assume). Strangely most the tourists in Delhi and Rajasthan appear to be French. I have no idea why.

Talking of spice, my flights to and from Goa are with the budget airline Spicejet. Mixed thoughts on them so far and largely negative, though they do do some things right. I received a text as I got back to Delhi from them to inform me my flight on Monday had been cancelled and to ring them to rearrange. The phone call was dealt with well and I was not on hold for too long. I ended up deciding to go a day early. In any case I had only gone for the Monday option in case there were any problems causing delay in my Rajasthan trip, so to be honest it could be viewed as a bonus (I can save my Delhi Railway Museum trip for my return!). They will even give me a 3000 rupee (£40) voucher for my trouble (roughly the price of a one way flight) - unfortunately I think only for use against flights with them, so unlikely to be used by me.

This morning another call (automated) and my flight on Sunday has been delayed by 3 hours. Not ideal. At least the communication systems are good, and early. Rather than spending an extra 3 hours in the airport I can chill in the hotel watching the Ashes 2nd test and go for a nice lunch (including a banana lassi of course).