Adventure Time!

So. Today after class, my lovely roommate, Lauren, and I decided to go find a place to do yoga for the semester. We did some research yesterday, made a few phone calls and such. We found a place that was only ten minutes or so away by auto-rickshaw (our main mode of transportation). As picture below of which is not mine, but rather I found on google.

So. We talked to this man at the yoga studio to get some information. He said they have evening classes three days a week for 1500 ₨, which is incredibly cheap. We wanted to check out the place, so we went over to the market where the studio is located. Minor problem. We had the address, but no idea where the address was located within the market. And in Delhi, most people do not use addresses, but rather landmarks. So got to the general market and began our search for the mystery yoga studio.
We started off on the side facing the main road that we arrived on. The stores in that area ranged from nike, to high price jewelry stores. We asked around a bit for our destination, D-41, but no one knew where it could be found. So we worked our way deeper into the market. I feel as though if we were to accurately map our route, it would be a bunch of squiggles, with no apparent direction. Very few of the shops were labeled. At one point we stumbled upon a book store. I am currently on the hunt for a text book, so we decided to go in.
During our hour long journey we saw H, C, E, and eventually D block. We had to ask around quite a bit, and got pointed in various directions by people. We blindly followed all of the directions from willing strangers, as to explore/eventually find our mystery yoga studio. We found quite a few interesting things. The further away from the main road we went, the less english we saw and heard, and the more animals we came in contact with. We discovered what appeared to be more residential areas above some of shops the further we got away from more 'western' and tourist areas. Eventually we found the D block, and got guided to D-41. D-41 turned out to be a white windowless building with 'D-41' painted on the sides. And it was locked. We got ahold of the man we spoke on the phone with earlier, which was rather confusing. We decided to not stick around, and start making out way home.
The thing was, we didn't know what direction home was. We thought we did, or I thought I did at least, but then Lauren pointed out that it was rather quite, not a sign that we were headed towards a major road. We also saw an increase in farm animals. Pigs, chickens, and cows. We finally saw a busy looking road in the distance, so we headed in that direction. On the way, we saw a bunch of smaller shops. Tailors, convenience stores, and a bunch of little stores for the neighborhood. We finally made it to the main road, and found a rickshaw to take us back home. In the end, we really had no idea where we were.
It was pretty great to get out of the bubble we seem to be living in currently. Now that school has started, we will hopefully be out more, interacting with more Indian people. More adventuring to come!