We have arrived in Delhi, India’s capital city, and despite our fears about the pollution, so far it feels better than some of the other cities we have visited – at least we can’t taste the pollution in our mouths as we could in Jaipur!

We arrived at New Delhi station at 3.30pm, bang on time. It’s a large station, so it was a bit of a walk along an elevated walkway to the metro station. Delhi has an extensive metro system so we have purchased three day travel cards for about £5 each. I didn’t really fancy walking lots when I read about the poor air quality here. The metro will get us to most places we want to be very efficiently.

It was just a short 20 minute ride with one change from yellow to violet line before we arrived at our hotel. Handily the metro stop is just around the corner from the hotel. The Ambassador is a historic 1930s white painted building with lovely curved balconies on the front. It’s arranged in a triangular shape with a domed central dining. Initially they gave us room 403, but this was on the outside facing the road and Mike was not happy with all the traffic and tooting noise, so they agreed to move us across the corridor to room 404, which faces inwards and is much quieter.

They have refurbished the hotel in a sensitive way so it’s modern and comfortable but has retained a 1930s character. The furniture in our room is beautiful wood with a deco 30s sunbeam design in marquetry. The design is repeated on the headboard. The bathroom is equally luxuriously decorated with white marble and an oval bathtub.

In front of the hotel is a large square lawn – it’s named the ‘Lutyens Lawn’ after the British Architect who designed New Delhi. The whole place feels a bit like a set for a Poirot murder mystery – hopefully there will be no mysterious affairs at the Ambassador!