Delhi - March 29th, 2007

Last night 60 Indian teenage girls arrived to the hostal at midnight and disrupted the night sleep for all of us since thez were occupying various rooms next to ours and going back and forth so the plans I had for the day had to be cut short since mz energz was verz low. In anz case, I went this morning to the Main Bazar area in search of the Smiley Inn Hotel with whom I had the hotel reservation back at my arrival in mid-November.
After asking various people, I found the place. Tacked away in one of those narrow allezs, I explained to the manager what happened back in November. He looked up my reservation on his last year book and my name was there. He told me that the room was empty and waiting for me that night, and that nobody call to confirm my arrival. He felt sorry about the scamm with the taxi driver and the tourist office where the taxi took me. He said it happens quite often and warned me next time to do the calll myself. I am glad I have restored the credibility of that hotel.