Narrow alley ways, boutique shops, old mixed with the new, trendy bars and restaurants... Haus Kraz Village, home to south Delhi's western, uber cool nightlife.
Our tour guide, Abby, who is here volunteering with CCS on her own accord was the best host. Abby is 18 years of age and is travelling before commencing college. She has New Delhi and basically the whole of north of India completely sorted. From the shopping, the tuk tuks, the public transport, the restaurants, the sights Abby is all over it.
The contradiction which is India presented itself in a number of forms last night from the western clothing or lack thereof, the entrances into restaurants (rough and tumble morphing into an beautiful oasis), the beautiful food and the western music.
Fork You is a trendy restaurant come bar above one of the ground floor restaurants. It was packed last night and I'd forgotten what it's like to go out and hang in a place where you can smoke inside...hello mid 90's. And the music wasn't too far behind.
Upon leaving Fork You to ensure we were home within the curfew, we were held up down the main Haus Kraz Village road due to something quite random. A taxi cab had caught on fire and had just been attended to by the fire brigade. What was surreal was that we were able to walk straight past right after it had happened like it was a completely normal, everyday occurrence. This is India, don't have expectations and be ready for surprises, diversity and contradictions a plenty.
Namaste x
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