Travel Blogs from Delhi, India
Delhi
... worth of gems for pennies to the dollar. We spent the afternoon at the National Museum gaining a little more perspective into India's past, which is just as prehistoric as it is historic. There are 4000 year old bronze dolls, Hindu creation myth ...
India - Delhi
... their minds, but then they quickly remember some of the good parts and go from there. After seeing the train station in Delhi, the capital of India and home to some 13 million people, it is quite possible that I will be one of those grimacing in the ...
Dehli - Please Help ME!!!!!!
... : *Red Fort *Mahutma Ghandis grave *Presidents House *Parliment House *Humagans Tomb *National Musemum *Lakshmi Naragan Temple *India Gate (sorry KMAN I promised no boring itinery stuff!)But needless to say all this stuff was mindblowing and so ...
Last day with Pri
... the freezing bathroom after only 3 hours of baaaad sleep, and showering and getting ready, i remember nothing opens in india til TEN AM!!!!!!! BRILLIANT :P No breakfast. Sit around the room watching indy and neats sleep. weird. Rajasthani ...
Oct 16, 2009
Delhi
... First, I must clarify that the password to my travel log is: pyramid (singular), NOT pyramids. So...I arrived safely in Delhi yesterday. Despite a seat that didn't recline, and the crap movie selection, I survived the flight, thanks ...
Welcome to India!
... enjoying a delicious thali and some pasta we got a taxi to Old Delhi station. On the way we saw a lot of the sites of Delhi, including the impressive looking red fort. We are going to explore these places on our last day in India, once we are a little ...
Bruised Cans and Impish Hands
... Pushkar) and Kasia desperately wanted to go out to a nice restaurant in the hopes of having at least one decent meal in India, so we chose a place in our Lonely Planet book (since the internet was not working here either- I think we were able ...
Khan Market and Dilly Hatt
... for the next two weeks away from Delhi. We leave tonight for Amritsar, Dharamsala/ McLeod Ganj, Jammu and Srinagar. Then back to Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Udaipur in the Rajasthan region. All in all we should be gone about 2 weeks so I am not ...
Duckin' n divin' out of Delhi
... night train back to Delhi. It felt good to be back in a city we know. We felt completely different about Delhi this time after three weeks in India, we were loving it! Haggled with a tuk tuk drivers to take us to see the slights including the Red ...
And the process begins
Good morning to all. Its Monday morning and we start the process of visits to get home! I think today is the medical, Rajeev will be here soon to get us. We are back at the Hilton (Darrin's compound) Hardeep keeps saying ...
Tiger, Tiger burning bright...
... face with a blow dryer), we made our way back to Delhi. We stayed in this great, lively section of the city - Old Delhi- which isn't overrun by tourists and has an authentically local feel. We had the largest Mosque in Delhi right outside our window. We ...
I'm in India!!!
... it to India safe and sound. It was really difficult to arrange my visa and change my plane tickets and get a reasonably priced flight to India, and I really was down to the wire on things, I almost didn't get my visa in time for my flight... I was almost ...
encore de nouvelles experiences
Bonjour a tous!!! Apres une course folle dqns delhi nous avons reussi a trouver un hotel et a acheter un billet de train pour demain mati. nus partons pour le Rajasthan, Jaipur exactement. Le train part a 6h du matin et va arrvier vers 11h. le prix ...
Delhi madness
... ! things work pretty slow here and we'r having to get use to it! meet a nice man called dan from ireland yesterday who arrived in delhi same time as us. he was also buying a sim and we went to dinner afterwards and took us back to our hotel as well. hes ...
New Delhi , could have fooled me !
... us a long way from the reception . We took the government tour bus for a tour of the city which was okay saw another India Gate , and Ghandis Cremation site ,but they took us to their cafe for lunch which we declined as it looked like a cheap transport ...
Delhi Zoo!
This morning I woke up so early as the bed was rock hard. Our plan was to go to Delhi zoo so we went onto the main street and got a Tuk Tuk for a good price. We set off then he started recommending places for us to go. We just wanted to go to the zoo and ...
Delhi
... filth in general. Glad to have left Delhi (I'm actually writing this in Palampur as didn't get the chance to in Delhi). My first impression of India was it was pretty scary with everyone staring, but also very funny with all the animals everywhere. The ...
India here i am!
... . Jumped on the local bus, only cost 75 rupees (about a pound - i do love cheap) and took about 45mins to New Delhi train station. Then caught an autorickshaw to my hotel - an extravagant 150 rupees! Chose one in a quieter area of town ...
The great 12 day trek...
... to our knees was gruelling at times but rewarding when seeing the views at the top, not to mention tasting the cook, Shamu's, tradtional India Chai at the end of the day. At the top of each pass we went "Hindu" and witnesses our three men performing ...
Apparently we're famous
Arrived in Delhi at 4:30am, and it was 24'C. It was a fairly relaxed journey, and having found our 'boy' we made our way to the hotel. After a few close shaves and nearly knocking off a cyclist who appeared to have a death wish, we ...
Information Overload in India
... and started walking to the nearest metro station. On the way we saw some funny chipmunks, bouncy monkeys, and random street dogs. Delhi now has a metro that connects various areas, although not all lines are running yet. We took it to the center of Old ...
Total chaos, but somehow it works
... my visa from their embassy DC. The inefficiency of their process simply boggled the mind, but after dealing with Air India and spending 2 days in Delhi, I have realized that inefficiency is simply par for the course. This is the country where I will learn ...
Old and New
Delhi, 12/11 Miles travelled: 24498 We're in India! It's only a 2-1/2 hour flight from Dubai to Delhi; we arrived at about 5:00 AM. Our first day in India went smoother than expected -- we were met at the airport and transferred to our hotel -- ...
GET IT INDIA - PART III
... the capital of India, took us to the Red Fort, before we boarded the "Darjeeling Limted" bound for Delhi for our last night in India. We have now completed our loop of India's beautiful Rajasthan region. And now, here were are. Sitting ...
De Jaipur a Delhi
... y por lo general poco pavimentada. Un gran ejemplo seria Agra y su Taj Mahal. Por fin al atardecer llegue a Delhi. // (english version) I was glad to spend another night in Jaipur, not only because I liked the city a lot, ...
Day 32 - Back on track!
I think/hope/pray that I'm over my illness. I just had a Paneer Channa and its still with me so thats a good sign. I picked up my bike today a 2001 Royal Enfield 350 Bullet - Nothing too flash but for $NZD10 per day, I can't complain. Just to make sure ...

