New Delhi
Travel Blogs from New Delhi, India
A Nicer Dicer in Bhutan
... (although for the $150/night cost, I think the hot water should last more than 5 minutes; such are the pricing realities in Delhi). They've been putting off dinner for my arrival, so we walk the dark streets to the Defence Colony Market for a south ...
Republic Day
... . We hop the clean, modern subway to Old Delhi. When we exit the station, I realize why Emma was saying that New Delhi wasn't very Indian. The chaos, fumes, smells, beggars and garbage assault me. Monkeys climb powerlines and chatter threateningly from ...
India
... of crops or supplies. I even saw a few monkeys running around. I took a first class train today. After three nights in Delhi, I felt it was appropriate. Breakfast and drinks were served during the 5 hour ride. All for under $9. Not bad. I usually opt ...
First Light, New Delhi
... noise and bustle of a great city. This residential area, the Defence Colony, was laid out by the British along with all New Delhi. There's still a sense of stately elegance amidst the decay. Last night Emma and Mariah laughed at my comments on the state ...
Holy Cow!
... , they'd scramble across the railing and jump head first into the tree 2 floors down. From Varanasi we took a train to New Delhi. The Indian train system deserves some mention. It is the largest private employer in the world, and the tracks branch ...
Incredible India
****work in progress *** please check back later for more pics and the full story*** About once a quarter Melanie goes to India for a very fast 2-3 days of meetings. Normally she arrives at midnight the night before the meeting and leaves at 2 a.m the ...
Speed kills drive safe
I'm a bit let down by how quiet it is outside the New Delhi airport. Prepared to be tackled by any number of aggressive touts and con artists, I find myself instead completely left alone. I actually need to approach someone and ask where the cabs are. But ...
India = Meltdown
... strength to keep India on the itinerary. However, contrary to my original plan of going overland to Northern India, I took the lazy way and flew directly to Delhi. I thought I was prepared by organizing a homestay with a local housewife from Couchsurf. ...
Happy Birthday, part 2
... arrived at Hauz Khas. Where I was anticipating another neighbourhood like Defence Colony, this feels more like a village that New Delhi has overtaken. It's been gentrified into a wealthy enclave of designer boutiques and art bric-a-brac shops. We ...
Last Day Sightseeing in Delhi
... India gate so trying to keep the costs down we hired a cycle rickshaw agreed a price and set off for India gate. After half an our pedalling we arrived at Delhi Gate and the first argument of the day commenced. We ended up paying the guy then getting an ...
No time to write, but here are some pictures...
A crazy first day. I'll update this later, but thought I'd give you something to look ...
Birthday, part 1
... The capital is on its way to a record for the foggiest month. Something like 300 flights were delayed yesterday. Unbelievably, Delhi is less polluted than a decade ago, but the particulate concentrate still gives me some idea of what Dickensian London ...
Final Chapter
... after all the travelling we'd done already, nothing could have prepared us for this! Despite what we've just said, though , India is enchanting! Totally unwesternised, it's the most culturally different and exotic place we've ever seen. Despite the ...
Just a small case of assault..................
... as today we were, with a mixture of relief and intrepidation, leaving all the chaos of Amritsar behind and returning to all the chaos of New Delhi, we didnt have a reservation for the night but were just hoping to crash down at the Smyle Inn as it was a 2 ...
A quick tour of Fort Kochi before back to Delhi
... . We then shot off to the internet cafe to catch up on about 1 weeks worth of blogging before our flight back to New Delhi the same afternoon. It was the penultimate day of our Indian Odyssey. The taxi ride to the airport was as ...
A twist of karma...
... Why would you go to that area and not somewhere else, like Agra Fort?" "Yeah yeah yeah- everything is always "closed" in India" (We've learned a few lessons from our Lonely Planet- namely that people in India will tell you anything that you want is ...
Touchdown India
... that simple. I read that it's the wealthy's duty to provide work for servants or their stinginess is frowned upon. Riding back to New Delhi and our bus broke down. The driver fixed the engine with a piece of YARN! Magically, it worked and hours later ...
Hills of the Himalayas, Golden Temple at Amritsar
... a lot of singing and chanting (we think it was the national anthem). It was a great way to end our trip to India. As we arrived back in Delhi late at night, we saw the air was misty white and smelled funny. We weren't sure what it was at first, ...
The flight of iniquity
Our flight from Beijing to New Delhi with Ethiopia Airlines eventually took off 1 1/2 hours late. However, after witnessing the amount of hold luggage our fellow passengers had (the maximum allowed was a hefty 35 kilos which we are sure ...
Charlie's not feeling Delhi well!
... we could prat around a bit more when taking photos, woo hoo! Back in Delhi I had my first rat run over my foot at New Delhi train station and was then told that I was "Big and strong... just like the Undertaker" by a borderline-midget Nepali ...
Sight Seeing in Delhi
... can’t use idols) and cultural and spiritual symbols that take on different meanings in the context of ancient and modern India. I mentioned the swastikas before, but also at Humayun’s tomb (Islamic) which inspired the Taj Majal and predates it ...
All things religious
... a U.S. diplomat in India, where I met other Fulbright students who are working on their doctoral studies in India- one woman is an anthropologist working in a Delhi slum everyday- quite inspiring. I’m not sure if I’ll write tomorrow- we leave ...
Happy 4th
All is well in New Delhi! I'm enjoying the lap of luxury- check the hotel pool and garden shots. As you can see, my upbringing has prepared me well for 5-star life. It's difficult to describe the peculiar smell of everything here, like jasmine but there's ...
The End
... all, India is so enchanting. At times, though we felt a bit guilty because of all the poverty and begging in Delhi, well it was all over India, but it seemed to be magnified in Delhi. You sort of become immune to it, though because it's an impossible ...
This can't really be New Dehli
... me is the place many 'touts' take unsuspecting tourists. My brother described it well after experiencing it when he traveled to India. Basically, you get someone who takes you to a hotel where there is a prearranged agreement. This 'tout' get a huge ...
Creature comforts
Just checking in from the Taj Hotel in Delhi (wanted the dots to connect correctly on my blog map). We flew into Delhi at 4pm today to catch up on sleep (and fluffy towels and reliable electricity) before we head to Agra tomorrow morning by ...
INDIA!!!!!!!
... that’s as common as a Cambodian landmine and not getting run over by rickshaws, motorbikes, cars, or massive delivery trucks, Delhi keeps you soberly on your toes. As a country with over 1.1 billion people, it kinda goes without saying that ...
So Here's The Real Dehli!
... . Now I will have something more in keeping with the local culture to wear during our tour in the small towns of Northern India. We grabbed another auto-rickshaw for the ride back to the hotel all five of us tucked into this incredibly small space. ...
