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Delhi Slideshow
Delhi
Travel Blogs from Delhi, India
Delhi... but no belly ..so far...
This is a top pick! ... someone else to was our clothes! Funny as it may sound, we found the best south indian food we'd eaten in India, in Delhi, and the next few nights we were regulars for the amazing Masala Dosa (lentil flour pancakes stuffed with spicy spuds). Our ...
Sad times for south Asia...
This is a top pick! ... I'm very safe. I was luckily on the opposite coast of India when it all hit, and am now far inland up in chilly Delhi before I head further north to McLeod Ganj tomorrow night on the bus. If you haven't already, please consider donating online to the ...
The Plan
This is a top pick! ... With one night in Agra, the rest of our nights would be on trains giving us some daytime in Varasnasi and Delhi. Sounds simple right? Well, it's India so you never know. For the first three legs of this journey we wanted to leave our large back packs ...
Desert Boy - Part 1
This is a top pick! ... India will know when I describe the drivers as absolutely bonkers I do not exaggerate in the slightest. As I explained before nobody in India uses indicators, horns only, okay I can handle that, it's the overtaking that I find scary as hell. When passing ...
Getting Down in Delhi One More Time
This is a top pick! ... Oddly enough, this time I barely noticed the constant horn blowing that is the common and polite way of driving here in India. I got to the Shangri-La New Delhi around 10:00 pm and after a quick check-in headed to my room to just relax, unpack ...
Sunday in Delhi
This is a top pick! ... later on. Sound familiar????? the link: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://galenfrysinger .us/india/delhi211.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.galenfrysing er.com/delhi_qutab_minar.htm&h=1337&w=720&sz=319 ...
Hills of the Himalayas, Golden Temple at Amritsar
This is a top pick! ... 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
This is a top pick! 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 ...
A Day in the Life of Delhi
This is a top pick! It's Sunday night and I am reflecting on my first week in India - in Delhi. It has been both exciting and exhausting. Exciting because everything is new. Exhausting because everything is new and trying to figure out accents and communicating is just plain ...
Boxed in on Boxing Day
This is a top pick! ... hair-raising. Agra traffic was dense and even when we hit the highway, things were still congested. The overnight fog in Delhi had caused problems with flights and the roads were busier as a result. We passed the usual sights, a donkey ...
North India
This is a top pick! After six months on the road, coming to India has been like a mini-homecoming. First of all, Sharad's parents met us in Bombay a day or two after we arrived, and stayed with us the entire three or four weeks we were in North India. It was great seeing ...
Dodgy day in Dehli
This is a top pick! ... himself in gear for a very early start (4.00am) taxi to Delhi airport for a 6.30am plane to Kathmandu. A little while later Air India – true to form- phoned to say the flight was cancelled and he was back to square one! After a bottle of ...
Charlie's not feeling Delhi well!
This is a top pick! ... told that I was "Big and strong... just like the Undertaker" by a borderline-midget Nepali waiter! Our last few days in Delhi, and indeed in India were spent mainly in the hotel room as Charlie got sick (we think from the symptoms maybe a mild dose of ...
The big Delhi
This is a top pick! ... Todd Said: Just by looking out the window on the three-hour train from Agra to Delhi you can see a microcosm of India. As the train pulls out of the station and the dome and minarets of the Taj Mahal fades into the distance you ...
Goodbye (for now) India
This is a top pick! ... ) after Nepal before flying...somewhere else, but great as it has been, right now we are happy to leave. Delhi gets as close as you can to epitomising India (why we came and why we are glad to leave). While here we have visited historic mosques, ...
The magical madness
This is a top pick! ... . cow watches world passing by After years and years of saying I would come, I've finally made it to India!! And after only a few days spent in Delhi, I've got a good dose of what I'm in for in this country: masses of people, noise and incredible ...
Hard Travel
This is a top pick! ... on a cycle-rickshaw. Good start to the place but give it 30 years to mature. Then booked train tickets from Gorakpur to Delhi. I decided to skip Varanasi to maximise my chance of getting a cheaper ticket to Jordan or Israel. Next day I went to the ...
The 'festival of light' to big city bright lights!
This is a top pick! ... course the toilet habits. Yes, I have to admit defeat I'm afraid. Having said all that, when we got to Delhi, we had some of the best few days in India. After trying to get a cheap package to Agra to see the Taj Mahal and being told that it was closed ...
Location Summary - India
This is a top pick! LOCATION SUMMARY - India Location: Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Jodhpur Duration: 10 days Sights 7 People 8 Food 7 Accommodation 7 ...
Timing
This is a top pick! · Delhi, India · GMT +5:30hrs 'I love Canada. I miss the heat of India, the food, the house lizards on the walls, the musicals on the silver screen, the cows wandering the streets, the cows cawing, even the cricket matches, but I love Canada. It is ...
Delhi!
This is a top pick! ... we were driving through Connaught place. The Red Fort was pretty obvious though. It is red and fort-like after all. Interestingly, so far India doesn't seem that crowded. I'll get back to you once I've been to a market or whatever, but still... I don't ...
Sight Seeing in Delhi
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
the indian dream is fading fast...
This is a top pick! ... any traditional sight-seeing done...but Delhi ain't going anywhere, the sterile fingers of western modernity can't quite grasp India's capital. Old Delhi not everyones cup of tea, the majority of people stay in the Par Ghanj area or Connaght place, ...
Delhi poo sendoff
This is a top pick! ... . But you still have to swerve around cows. And as I discovered as I was about to go to the airport to leave India after almost 3 incredible, mind-blowing months here, you simply can't avoid the cow shit either--I stepped right into a fresh, steaming, ...
And one more makes three
This is a top pick! ... thing, Indian McDonalds is like no McDonalds you've ever experienced. I may remind you that there is no beef in India. This limits the number of hamburger options to roughly zero. The menu is divided into vegetarian and non-veg options, ...
The Desert, The City
This is a top pick! ... Fort/Palace. It was the Rajputs old palace, in a string of forts along a 15km ridge that dominates the whole area. Delhi was much dirtier than I remember from December. Tina and I stayed in the madness of Pahar Ganj with its cows, overcrowding, ...
All things religious
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Oh Faitpur Sikhri!
This is a top pick! "Faitpur Sikhri" what can we write about this place? It was very busy with people as it was the start of Ede, a big celebration after Ramaddan (Muslims can eat again!). So many people, and lots of happy celebrations fairground outside and inside the ...
Delhi in a day
This is a top pick! ... using the internet while travelling.... Found a bargain flight out of Delhi so we took an early flight back to India for 24 hours. Delhi was hot but thankfully the rickshaw drivers were well behaved so we got around fairly easy and cheaply. After ...
Delhi - Bakshi family visit - Part 1
This is a top pick! ... posh. Budget to mid-range accommodation is our bag and this place certainly does not fit into either of these categories! Our night in Delhi is to be spent with some of Mish's family (Dad's cousins to be precise) and Mish is really excited about seeing ...