New Delhi
.I was planning to be in New Delhi by the 16th of
December 2019. I had booked my air
tickets in the month of October 2019.
Place of stay, travel spots and other details were worked out much
earlier. I thought to myself that it is
a well-planned trip. The first in my
travel agenda was to attend our family friend son’s marriage which was on the 16th
of December 2019. Myself and my wife Kala
took off from Madras airport (early morning flight) and we reached New Delhi at
around 9.00 a.m. My family friend had
arranged a cab for us, and we reached a service apartment. Got to know that we had to stay in the
service apartment, and it was a decent place to stay.
Day – 1 (16.12.2019)
New Delhi recorded a cold weather of about 12˚ C. It is very chilly for me as I am not used to
such cold conditions. We had some break
fast (not so great) and went to the family friends house. There were dances typical Punjabi style but
not so impressed on the house. I was
then told that the apartment is at the center of New Delhi and it is in a posh
locality. The host engaged a person to
tie turban in my head as part of the marriage celebration and I suddenly looked
like a Punjabi. I said to myself WOW
We decided to leave early to the service apartment as not only we
were tired but also biting cold. I
learned it touch 8˚ C at 10.00 PM. It
was totally new experience to me and couldn’t bear the cold.
Day – 2 (18.01.2019)
I got up a little early in the morning though it was very cold and
looking at my whatsapp messages and reading all my emails. I realized that my wallet which I had placed
it in the table next to the bed is missing.
I initially searched all over but couldn’t locate it. My wife joined me in searching and she also
couldn’t locate it. I told to myself “My
God” what is happening to me. I had my
credit card, debit card (three different banks) and cash of about INR
7500. I didn’t know how to go about and
kala thought it is best to inform the family friend. I was not at all happy to disturb them as
they must be busy with the marriage events.
Within 30 minutes our family friend Mr Yogesh and his wife arrived at
the service apartment to search for the wallet.
What an embarrassing moment. Mr
Yogesh told me it is better to inform the bank to block the cards and he helped
me in blocking the cards. It was to our
surprise that kala could locate the wallet which has fallen on the other side
of the bed. There were many theories
that was discussed how it could have gone to the other side of the bed. I should thank my stars and I was
relieved. Thanked Mr Yogesh and his wife
who came out to support in this hour of crisis.
Mr Yogesh and his wife had many engagements in the morning to look after
the bride’s family and their travel program.
All ended well.
As the marriage program was over, we requested Mr Ankush’s (family
friend in Ghana) father to pick us from the service apartment. Ankush father was not a good driver at
all. He was driving the car very rash
but then I realized he did not know driving.
There were so many instances of miss and kiss. We were lucky to reach their apartment in one
piece. Ankush parents were well known to
us as we had met them several number of times in Accra. They had attended Vishnu puja at our house. They were very kind and I should say they
were king and Queen of hospitality. Went
around the place to buy some jackets and scarfs to beat the Delhi Cold. We also visited Sai Baba temple near their
house. In the evening we decided to go
to India Gate and to Connaught place (where we were told that very nice chat
items are available). India Gate looked
very nice and exciting.
Uber was extremely friendly, and we did not have any problems with
respect to moving around Delhi. In any
case, Kala knows Hindi and therefore managing the driver and the location was
kala’s job whereas my duty was to remove the currency from the wallet. Connaught place was a utter disappointment
and I really did not find any place with good chat items. Returned to the house late in the night. Next day our plan was to go to Agra.
More travel blogs to be published.
Thanks for reading - Kumar
