Gaynor Barton was born in Lancashire, England, and came to India in 1984 with her husband, a British Council officer, and their two children. She wrote her first walk in Worcester, following which she wrote a second guidebook, during her husband’s posting to Brazil, this time featuring the Portuguese colonial city of Olinda in Pernambuco. She now lives with her husband in Leicestershire and edits a local magazine
But in spite of the downsides, Old Delhi remains the most intriguing of places to explore. There's so much here that you can never be bored. For the more adventurous tourist or New Delhi resident, walking along at your own pace, with a guidebook in hand, is still the best way of getting to know somewhere really well.