Connaught Place New Delhi

Landed at 6am local time in the middle of a huge monsoon downpour, quite exciting! Stepping off the plane the heat and humidity hit me straight away!

It took me a while to get through immigration (i didn't see any customs!) and I had to hunt around for the pick up/drop off point. Luckily my driver was still waiting for me and we made our …

India -day 1 - New Delhi
What an amazing day! Arrived in to the airport an hour late at 04:10. When we came to immigration, we were faced with our first barrage of people. There were thousands of people waiting to go through!
We eventually got through and our driver met us on the other side and we were back to the hotel by 6.
Having had …

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This week my Mum, Aunty Louise and Grandma all arrived in Delhi so I have been having a brilliant time with them. I have also been enjoying proper showers and yummy breakfasts (including bacon butties!!!) courtesy of their hotel.

On Thursday evening (the day they arrived), we went to the hotel …

Despite many travelers arriving in Delhi and moving on as soon as possible, we decided to give Delhi a chance. When we looked past the fog, urine, rubbish, and beggars...we saw a truly spectacular city of extremes. From day one we made friends with the locals, albeit a bit uncertain who to trust.

Our days were spent wandering the city, …

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Today, we spent the morning catching up on sleep and relaxing, flying through the night makes for a difficult day. When we finally got motivated, we took a cab down to Connaught Place.

Connaught place is the heart of shopping in New Delhi, it is the commercial hub of Delhi, and was built in 1931. The construction is a …

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We had a pretty quiet day, for our last day in Delhi. Our driver picked us up this morning, and we went to The Lotus Temple, unfortunately, we could not go inside, as they are now closed on Mondays. It appears that they often change the days they are open, without notifying the tour companies, so we could only see it from the …

So I arrived in Delhi on Thursday 3 Nov 2011, the flight was great, no hassles, plus I managed to get a sleep after I’d had my dinner and watched a couple of movies. I had a window seat and thoroughly enjoyed the views. The first sights were in the morning of the mountains in Afghanistan near Kabul, on the way toward India. I could make out …

Entry containing 14 photos titled: The Claridges Hotels, Lotus Temple, Rickshaw, Qutab Minar, Quatab upclose, On the grounds of the Qutab Minar, Sound and Light Show at Red Fort, Humayun's Tomb, Ghandi's memorial, Government offices , Outside parliament house , Bazaar , Bazaar

... , are all sealed up tight. We finally find (or should I say our rickshaw driver earns a cut at) an open store in Connaught place where we get set-price tea and Mariah orders a beautiful sari.At lunch Mariah begins eating with her left hand. "It ...

... to Delhi however he was inprisoned by his son before he could complete the move.  Touching.  We then took a detour to 'Connaught Place' the more salubrious area of town which we thought a bit odd as large parts of it ...

... meal together to celebrate the amazing, wonderful trip around the world that we'd just undertook. We went to a gorgeous restaurant at Connaught Place where we tasted the best food yet and had a few cocktails. maybe we should explain that we hadn't ...

... in comparison, no foul stench, no hassle, no nothing. Even just that little way out of Connaught place - what seems the heart of New Delhi with its circular construction of grand white buildings centred around the inner circle and outer circle, the ...

... some books (I just finished some fairly heavy reading, so got some crappy novels to get on with) and formulated a plan. I'd go to Connaught Place, chill out and indulge in some comforts and then hit the Red Fort. So that's what I did. Connaught Place ...

... gezeichnet, dass sie teilweise besser als moderne Fotos aussehen. Am nächsten Tag fuhren wir dann in die Stadt Richtung Connaught-Place und stoppten am Weg bei einem Äquadukt aus dem 14. Jahrhundert. Unglaublich dieser Kontrast zwischen lärmender ...

... something to smoke Sir?" Eventually we had enough of being offered this that and the other so we headed to Connaught Place a nice park in the center of Delhi. We went to the tourist office to organise a trip around the city for the next day and ...

... , find hotel, big city to navigate before go airport - it doesn't even seem so dusty (oops yes it is) but New Delhi has wide boulevardes and Connaught Place is like Singapore so its a limbo kind of place. The Old City is more like India with the Red ...

... . Georgian buildings hug the road that span around a large park in the centre (Central Park). We spent a whole day exploring Connaught Place, which in its own right is still extremely chaotic, you can not move 200 yards without someone  ...

... blue line and transferring to the yellow line to the Red Fort and then the blue train on the way back from Rajiv Chowk (Connaught Place or CP). Everyone goes through security each time they enter the metro stations. We took a pass on the first train as ...