Presidential Palace (Rashtrapati Bhavan) New Delhi

Wow - despite Dip telling me lots of stories about India, the culture, the people and the environment I chose not to really believe him and instead wait until I experienced it for myself. And oh my god every word he said is true. India, New Delhi, is a crazy, chaotic, traffic fueled, polluted, overpopulated, exhausting and intriguing place. I have …

Up early (for a holiday) as we had a full day sightseeing today. Breakfast was an extensive buffet but we both headed straight for the Indian breakfast - me with the Keralan idli and spicy sambhar, Corinne with a variety of North Indian treats from spicy to sweet halwa. Fabulous! First stop was the Qutub Minar, a 72m high monument built in 1200AD …

We woke up around 6:30 and had breakfast, then had a while to wait until our driver, Raj, was to pick us up at 10AM. We walked around the hotel and the pool area and just relaxed for a while. Raj actually arrived a little early, so we loaded up to see the city.

But first, a word about the weather: DAMN! For those who think the Texas Gulf …

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Today was a very busy day of visiting sights around New Delhi and Old Delhi, we started our day at Qutab Minar Complex, and here we saw the highest stone tower in India. Construction of the tower began in 1196 and was completed in 1206, the tower was seven stories high, until an earthquake in the 18^th century knocked …

Silvia y Neru nos presentaron a nuestro chófer, Vi, que nos llevaría a donde quisiéramos en un amplio Toyota Innova de 7 plazas. El tráfico es un mundo aparte, una especie de caos ordenado, pues aunque se conduce prácticamente sin reglas (utilizando mucho el oido), los conductores tiene un control de su vehículo …

Aujourd'hui nous partons à la découverte de l'héritage britannique: New Delhi.

Une malédiction veut que toute personne qui construit une ville sur cette terre la perde aussi tôt. Cela s'est avéré vrai pour les Anglais, qui ont du quitter la ville quinze ans après l'avoir créé... et avoir passé 20 ans à la construire!

Au Nord …

Our itinerary only allowed for what amounted to a half day in Delhi and we did quite a lot. We started at the Red fort. We then went to the memorial/grave of Mahatma Gandhi and Indira Gandhi, these were placed in a beautiful park of about 100 acres. You had to remove your shoes just to go near the monuments. We then went to Humayun's tomb which is …

Well... we're here after what turned out to be quite a good flight. Arrived in Delhi at 11:30 and met with our driver who 2 minutes later introduced us to the very wild and wonderful roads of Delhi. It was quite a hair raising journey to the hotel where road markings and traffic signs mean absolutely nothing and its not until you experience it for …

Because our drive back from Agra lasted nearly six hours yesterday, we give ourselves a day to recover in our room in Delhi. We sleep in, wander upstairs to the restaurant for a late breakfast and later, look on the internet for hotel rooms in Japan, the final stop on our world tour (we’ll arrive there in a little over two weeks).

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... to do it with children.  Thank you Nick! Back to the hotel via Gandhi's memorial and the main presidential buildings of New Delhi, which is a surprisingly green city, full of wide avenues, parks and trees.  Our general impression was that it ...

... our plan was to stroll down the Janpath to the Rajpath, an area resembling The Mall in Washington with the India Gate, Presidential Palace, Parliament, Museums...etc. On the way we stopped off at an amazing government emporium called Central Cottage ...

... and took some pictures and then walked along the Rajpath where the Olympic Flame was carried the previous day. We saw the presidential palace from a distance and then went to Connaught Place. We went to a nice restaurant for dinner. The main course ...

... cousin Roxna who lives in the same area, and a quick trip out in the car to see India Gate war memorial, the presidential palace of Rashtrapati Bhavan and the government buildings. We needed to get our visas for China arranged whilst in Delhi so ...

... and the viewing from the pavement was adequate enough. This was to be the spice of the day as we headed to the presidential palace which on viewing from the car was spectacular. Having witnessed the exuberance it was hard to fault our own royals for ...

... thinking that Bangkok was humid when we visited there, but this is way worse. So, we started out by driving by the Presidential Palace, which is at the end of a wide boulevard flanked by two huge government buildings. There was something going on today, ...

... The Red Fort,  India Gate and the Presidential Palace.. and ...

... horns, stringed instruments, and drums. After the museum we wandered out to the Rajpath, a broad British-era avenue with the presidential palace at one end and an Arc-de-Triomphe-esque archway at the other. The British definitely left their mark on ...

... due to its European influence from England. The weather is cool similar to CA when we left. Our first stop was the presidential palace where we watched the changing of the guards that occurs every Saturday. We then proceeded to the Indian Gate. On the ...

... was cold and foggy! So no shorts and vest out just yet, hoodie and scarf remained firmly on. We visited: India Gate, The Presidential Palace, The Raj Ghat (Gandhi memorial), Friday Mosque, the Red Fort and the Gurudwara Bangla Sahib (a Sikh temple). ...