Trip planning and Zoo...scratch that

So, today we went into Delhi to get our trip to Jaisalmer planned. Let's just say it didn't go smoothly.

We took the bus, which was a hassle, just getting us all to the same place, and finding a rickshaw driver who understood "bus station". But we did manage to flag one down and hopped aboard. When we got to the stop, we got off, and negotiated a rickshaw. It drove 500 ft, and then stopped. We waited 5 min for an explanation, or for him to move, and asking him what he was doing. So we got out and got another one. Who tried to cheat us, but we didn't let him. REALLY annoying, made our trip a lot harder.

So, we went to the train station to book tickets. After wandering around trying to find the tourist ticket office, we found a guy who told us they were doing construction, and that we had to go to the government ticket office in Connaught Place to book our tickets. I'll never know if that was true.

So we go there, and talk to a very nice guy about our plans. This takes half an hour. And he tells us the internet is down, so we'll have to come back in an hour. We have a delicious lunch at Pizza Hut, which calmed us down considerably from all our difficulties. But, come to find out, the internet was still down so they took us around the corner to a travel agent.

Turns out there are no train tickets for 2 weeks. So now we have to contemplate. We were thinking of going to Nepal in 1 week, and would be there. and Ditte leaves soon. The guy gives us an offer, hire a car to take us to Jaisalmer, include the camel ride, and back for 130 dollars. We have to think. All of this planning already has taken hours. We're delirious with bad fortune, so we talk about schedules, and Nepal, and all these things, and eventually agree, no more Nepal, car to Jaisalmer, and we'll do a tiger safari after.

So we go to book, and by this time, it's almost evening. We wasted the whole day, no zoo for us. However, we did just hire a car to take us back to Faridabad (which of course got lost) and on the way we went to Ackshar Daam. That will get it's own post. Needless to say, we've now realized everything in India is a hassle and takes three times as long as it should. Oh to be able to book everything online again. Sigh.