day one

Well, I'm in New Delhi, and it's been a crazy day. I know that I'll figure out how to get stuff done soon enough, but the confusing interim has me a bit homesick. I did take a nice walk from Connaught Place to the parliament building/India Gate earlier, and am looking forward to visiting Old Delhi tomorrow, even though all of the monuments will be closed as it's Ead, or the last day of Ramadan. Some notable first-day sights were monkeys swinging from the power lines (and stealing food while sprinting on rooftops), a giant mess of a construction site that will soon be a metro station, a humorous assortment of vehicles (all of which seem to use leaf springs for their suspension, regardless of their size), and a snake charmer who couldn't charm his snakes but rather got them to fight. People are a bit on edge due to the bombings in Paharganj recently, but the Diwali folk are still lighting off their fireworks. I'm forcing myself to stay awake until a normal bedtime, so I'm going to go find myself something to do. What an amazing place; I'm completely confused.