To me a new city excepting the previously bad experience of the transit lounge on the way to Kathmandu. Good news, the hotel sent a car to collect me from the airport. Smarter hotel than previous cities with comfortable facilities which sadly did not include a swimming pool, but that would send it into a higher cost bracket and Delhi is very expensive these days.
Managed to visit the last day of the Faberge exhibition at the National Museum, very well displayed and accessible exhibits which were breathtakingly fine examples of jewellery and artifacts which naturally included the 'eggs'.
Second of the 2 full days in Delhi was able to find a travel agent who gave me a good deal to Agra and the Taj Mahal. Spent day being driven to Agra (400km round trip), and with a guide was shown round the Taj. Many predominantly Indians also visiting but managed to appreciate the beauty of this monument and the story behind it, spending 2 1/2 hours there. Resisted the temptation to buy momentoes of visit (an awful lot of tat)but guide took many photo's with my camera. On returning to Delhi had a pleasant dinner with the owner of the travel agency at a restaurant off the tourist beat. Delhi is on a parr with Kathmandu for being crowded and extremely dirty, which provided me with the perfect 'excuse' to stay in a decent hotel. The next day flew to Bangkok.