Entering Dilli Haat - a great place to spend rupees.
Sophia looking local, me looking like a tourist.
Sophia with Roopank - a Bollywood star and a champion cricketer?
A living Fabindia ad.
Bangles galore from Bangalore.
Sophia identifies and Roopank cuts the deal.
Picked up a few bedspreads as well.
The artist and his work - now framed and hanging in our dining room.
Kolkata food in Delhi.
One of the many street stalls.
A daring feat - cold street food - it was good with no ill effects. On the last day in Delhi we were lucky enough to have our friend Roopank show us around. We passed on history and went right to shopping.
Sophia dressed in a Salwar she purchased the day before at our favorite Indian clothing shop Fabindia. http://www.fabindia.com/. She looked like a local, I looked like a tourist.
Anyway, Roopnak took us to Dilli Haat http://www.dillihaat.org/. Dilli Haat is an out door craft bazaar filled with craft and specialities of all the different parts of India. The artisans from the different places sell their wares from booths and tourists and locals alike come to browse, bargain and buy. We bought a bunch of things and Roopank swooped in to handle the negotiations.
We also sampled food from different parts of the country. The food stalls are pretty clean and safe so sampling was safe.
Later we went to a more upscale strip mall where western and Indian high end shops sit side by side. I bought some slacks and shirts from my favorite Indian clothier Color Plus. http://www.colorplusonline.com/home.asp and I sampled some street food, Bhel Puri http://www.indianchild.com/Recipes/mini_meals_recipe/bhel_puri_recipe.htm
It was fresh and tasty.
We headed back to the hotel, said farewell to Roopank and had a quiet final night in Delhi.
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