Orchid Retreat Bed & Breakfast New Delhi
1 Link Road, Flat 5 New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, 11014, India
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Last day in India
... to use red sandstone at such a scale. The tomb was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993, and since then has undergone extensive restoration work, which is still underway. Besides the main tomb enclosure of Humayun, several smaller monuments dot the pathway leading up to it, from the main entrance in the West, including one that even pre-dates the main tomb itself, by twenty years; it is the tomb complex of Isa Khan Niyazi, an Afghan noble in Sher Shah ...
Day 52 - All roads lead to Delhi
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The movie started and was immediately incomprehensible. Half of our entertainment came from hearing the other attendents' grunts and gasps of approval, at times even clapping at the witty putdowns and silly action. The movie also supplied another generous helping of softcore imagery, with some scenes being so surprisingly raunchy they would make Hollywood blush.
We guess that everything's acceptable when role models for the entire country are ...
Day one India
... and (not trusting them properly yet), I slipped in a couple of water purrification tabs so that I could at least be hydrated in my slightly ineberated state.
Incidently, the WiFi is buggered in my hotel so I have to shuffle across the street to the Deluxe version of my hotel to use theirs. Its really quite bizaare as they have proper doormen and everything and I just run across the road with netbook in hand just to hijack the WiFi and sit in comfy seats. Happy days - so ends day one!
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Delhi Belly
... 50/50 chance here), we kept our guard up. Turns out, he was working for the tour company that we were just about to enter! So he brought us in. Another guy gave us our options to go to Agra, where the Taj Mahal is, and quoted us a price DOUBLE what Thomas cook had quoted. So, we said our thank yous and left the store. We were standing outside the door, and the guy opened it, quietly telling us to go back inside. We said No Thank You and tried to cross ...
"And Here Comes the Heavy Metal Band"
... it would've taken us a loooong way away from where we wanted. Phew!
So platform 2 it was, surely it'll go smoothly now.
And it did, we got on and found a seat each and it was lovely. We talked about how much people stare at you because your foreign and laughed. I looked round checking the people out in general, noticed there were only a few people on the train, all women. I thought nothing of it until 3 stops down the line the carraige was then full of indian women (all ...

