A walk in the park

Well the weather seems to be finally on the turn, the maximum temperature has been 34 degrees (93F) for the last couple of days. Not enough of a drop to wear different clothes yet, we're wearing the same things we did when it was 40 (104F), and just sweating into them a little slower :-)

To celebrate our new found freedom on Sunday we went for a walk in the park. Nehru Park is in Chanakyapuri, near the Australian High Commission and one of Delhi's premier hotels, the Ashok. For the past week, The Ashok has been playing host to the Commonwealth Games Federation General Assembly, who came to check on Delhi's readiness to host the Games this time next year. Delhites think there's lots of work being done, so it will all be okay. But there's 19 venues and none of them are finished yet, nor is the athlete's village. A lot of work is being done, but there's a lot that needs to be done! Delhi will think it's ready on time if everything is complete on October 2nd, the day before the opening ceremony. For something as important and complicated as the Commonwealth Games, I know I'd want to see most things ready at least six months in advance! I don't suppose the Commonweath Games Federation sees it any differently. To ensure all this work is completed on time, the CGF has said it will put in place foreign experts (a.k.a. people who don't work to Indian Stretchable Time). The Games getting the go ahead is very big news for Delhi. If the CGF had come in and said there was too much to be done and the Games will be held in Melbourne instead (a.k.a. Plan B), work on all those venues, and the road works, bridge building and traffic control measures underway all over the city would just stop. Driving here has been really dreadful. If all work stopped we would have had gone through hell for nothing. That's just too awful to consider!

Anyway, back to Nehru Park. In the sun it was still too hot, but in the shade it was almost pleasant.

Aren't we cool?

Aren't they cute?

Aren't they handsome?