Jantar Mantar - Delhi New Delhi

Well it turned out to be a hecktik day - after the train waitlist was dropped I had to dig into the pocket and buy an airticket at 22:00 to delhi landing at 00:00.

Phones the hotel and they confirmed I could check in early - the early bird catches the worm. Quite a drive from the Airport to the hotel - cost 380Rs but got there OK

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Fifty-Fourth Day in India - March 1, 2013
Seventh Day on North Trip - Traveling

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On the bus, I fell asleep with my iPod in. When I woke up, I saw a sign saying “Shri Ram Industries,” and I got very excited. I remember, from photos, that my Dad had gone to a place called &# …

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... a very worthwhile and interesting visit. By the end of the day, we'd run out of time and had to make a choice between Jantar Mantar and the Lotus Temple. We want for Jantar Mantar. The name I think means something like "higgledy piggledy" in Hindi but ...

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... where Nay sent some e-mails. We looked in the shops, No fridge Magnets, we headed back out into the heat and walked to Jantar Mantar which is an observatory that was built in 1724, it is basically a giant t sextant with a few added bits, it was ...

... Delhi) and jumped in a motor-rickshaw for a white-knuckle journey to the very grand President's house and the India Gate. We were going to go to ' Jantar Mantar', the observatory constructed in 1725, but it is so grey and hazy here that we figured we'd ...

... rondo pana Connaught'a i tam powiew zachodu przy swietnej mrozonej kawie ;) Na koniec krotka wizyta w delhijskim Krolewskim Obserwatorium (Jantar Mantar). Co prawda jest ono mniej okazale niz to w Jaipurze, ale za to nadrabia sielska atmosfera panujaca ...

... times more than that for native Indians, but I think that it is totally justified. The park was a gem. It is called Jantar Mantar, built in 1725, and consists of a few large red structures that rise out of the green garden lawn. Each structure has ...

... 500 rupees. So off we set and we visited the Hawa Mahal, City Palace, Amber Palace, Water Palace and my favourite of the day, Jantar Mantar. This is a place where you can find the largest sun dial in the world, accurate to 2s, aswell as about 20 other ...

... la vie du bazar situé juste en dessous. Au dernier étage de cette dite pyramide, nous pouvons voir nos prochains arrêts avec Jantar Mantar, le City Palace, Iswari Minar Swarga (non visité) et perché en haut de la colline le célèbre Amber ...

... after Valentine's so no one pinches any roses!! Our next stop was one of intellectual marvel as we visited Jantar Mantar, one of five astrological observatories where the sun dials can calculate time with astonishing precision. The terracotta structures ...

... Sites realizing as time went on that each was more beautiful and awe  inspiring than the last.  The City Palace, Hawa Mahal, Jantar Mantar, Amber Fort and of course, the Old City in all it's pink hues and manic chaos.  By the end of our ...