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Delhi Diaries - 3

Monday Morning. The plan is to wake up early and visit Humayun's Tomb when the crowd is less and day is just starting. And I did wake up early! Since I wanted to come back to the hotel room as early as possible as I was working from home (hotel!). Opened up the curtains, peered out to see some trees swaying in the breeze. A little wind never hurt anyone, I thought to myself. Closed the curtains and we both got ready in ten minutes flat. Just to check if the day has brightened further, I opened up the curtains again. And saw that the winds were accompanied by rain now. Wow. Middle of summer. Middle of our trip. And it starts raining. We had not bothered to carry our umbrellas to Delhi and now Delhi has decided to treat us to summer rains. But we were not to be dejected. On and aboard, we decided. Called an Uber in deference to the rains and we set out for Humayun's tomb. It took us less than half an hour to reach the complex. Contrary to our expectations, the Uber drive