majnu kha tilla
I missed my train out of Delhi yesterday evening. The traffic was awful and the rickshaw wallah very old (looked it, anyway). Should have used the metro, but I couldn’t find it. For the record: New Delhi metro station is on the far side of the main line station’s tracks – over the footbridge. No signs, of course, until you’re nearly there. So today I have some more time in Delhi. So …
Today a trip out to Majnu Kha Tilla, a suburb of Delhi, where there’s a Tibetan enclave. A haven of peace!
The temple is fairly small, with the usual beautiful collection of thankas and rupas. I was particularly drawn to a White Tara rupa.
Get the metro to Vidhan Sabha. It’s a 10/- rps ride on a cycle rickshaw from there.
And I’ve just dicovered that my ‘waitlisted’ reservation – I was no. 18 on the list – has been converted to a confirmed reservation. I’m off to Jaisalmer. This time I’m going to Delhi Junction Station by metro. The announcements on the metro really do say: Please Mind the Gap, though there’s no gap to be seen.
