The Flight

My journey starts in Kiev airport. Having arrived here two and a half hours ago, I sit and wait for my overnight flight to Delhi, India.

The plane is half-empty (or half-full if you call yourself an optimist), but is antiquated. No personal TV screen, only a few songs to listen to or a mediocre film to watch. None of that appealed though, as I simply wanted to sleep the seven hours of the trip.

As I said earlier, the plane did not have many passengers, so I got a row of four seats to myself (as well as four blankets!) Did I sleep the whole way uninterrupted? No, of course not. But considering how uncomfortable flying on planes usually is, I was rather happy with how I slept.

I was awoken by a smiley Ukrainian woman offering me a croissant. Suffice to say, the croissant was probably the worst tasting thing I’ll eat during this entire journey of mine. After an uneventful landing, I made my way through Delhi airport immigration, booked a taxi and made it to my hostel in one piece. In Delhi the time was 7 AM…in my mind it was about 2 AM. So despite the rest I had on the plane, I took to my bed and napped.

Delhi and the Lotus Temple

A few hours later I woke up and began to explore a little of Delhi. My hostel is near to the Lotus Temple, so that was my first destination (after breakfast 😉 ). It took me about 40 minutes to find the temple because I went the wrong way, but it was worth it.

On approaching, we were told to not take any photos inside the temple, that we had to queue up and we must remain silent inside. This means I have no photos from the inside, but it was truly beautiful and acoustically fascinating. The rule of silence does not apply to birds that have flown in. Every chirp, flap and song these birds made echoed and reverberated around the temple. It truly was majestic.

The rest of my day was spent relaxing, eating and getting to know a few people from the hostel. India during August is known for horrible weather, which we experienced in the afternoon, but otherwise it has been a wonderful start to my time in India.

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