Dilli Haat

Finally I went to Dilli Haat after having heard about this place from so many people. It is a rather particular market in the South Delhi with craftsmen from different areas of India selling their products. Most of them rotate every 15 days. Dilli is the Hindi name for Delhi and Haat is the name of the village where the market is located.

A couple of good friends from Canada were visiting, so they came with me. We had a great time and managed to find some stuff we needed for the Diwali Party at the World Spa.

Outside of the market they were selling lots and lots of lilies and merigold flowers.

Inside you can buy lots and lots of ...ankle chains ... and ...

 ... bangles ...

... shoes ...

Special shoes from Punjab. Obviously men's size for me ... but they all look the same. Actually, they don't even make different ones for the left and the right foot :-) Works perfectly.

... and kurta pyjama for the men.

Peter got the grey one and Ian the blue. With white pyjama trousers, they looked really nice.

The endless supply of lovely stoles and shawls is VERY tempting - Pashtun, Kashmir, you name it ... it is all there.

Recognize this guy? If you scroll up a little you will find him.

I'm not really sure which stall was his, he turned up in several where we looked. In one of them he was on his own and offered tea while we checked out his stoles - silk, kashmere, pashtun, cotton ...

"This is the best quality you will find and since you are my first customer today I will give you the best price". Oh, we felt very privileged - the BEST price.

Elspeth found a really nice pashtun stole (not the one in the picture though) perfect for the cold Canadian winter. I might be going back there when the mercury starts falling here as well ...

On our way back we passed some stalls selling pictures and paintings.

This guy paints miniatures ...

... and proudly showed us the Canadian ambassador's business card in his collection. Then he asked if we wanted to have elephants painted on our nails ... ? Huh? Well, if you insists ...

A beautiful elephant in three colours ... on my thumb nail!