New Delhi
Travel Blogs from New Delhi, India
On the road again
Bangalore to Delhi Flight: Jet Airways 816 Depart: Sept. 16 4:00pm Arrive Sept. 16 ...
Short stopover...
We had to say bye to our driver after the final four hour journey back to Delhi. Here he let us out at the train station where we had already booked a sleeper train to Mumbai. We have really gotten better at dealing with irritating people that want our ...
Typical tourists
... experience... there were cows all over the sides (and sometimes the middle) of the roads. The drivers in India are absolutely competitive... cars stop within centimeters of each other, horns are used constantly, and buses fight with autorickshaws, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
First Stop
... Ha!! After relaxing for a few days we headed to Delhi airpot for our onward flight to Bangalore (South India). Amongst some other deveopments in Delhi since our last visit (the metro - very clean and cheap, just very busy), we were pleasantly ...
Adios India
... the gang one last time at his mothers house in the beautiful hills of Dharamsala...a lovely 12 hour overnight bus ride into Delhi (not lovely actually)...oh yeah, and standing about 2 feet away from the Dalai Lama before witnessing the ceremonial ...
A New Delhi Entry
Hey all. I am sitting at the Grand Hotel in New Delhi at their Business Room Computer. I was unable to log on with mine. I will only be able to write you, so will send off pictures later, possibly in Agra. We will be leaving for the 4 hour drive to ...
Last weekend in Delhi
... me for possible investments! It seems procrastination is universal. After having been away for the last two weekends, I decided to stick around Delhi for my final weekend. Jesse and his friend arrived on Friday, so I went out with them and a bunch of ...
We're going to Agra this weekend!
... and we had to keep putting it off becase of one thing or another, but they did go in the end and had a great time. We saw India Gandhi's house and where she was shot and her father Nehru's house as well. Nehru was the first Indian PM and Indira was his ...
The guide to surviving Delhi
... of most of India: the city stinks of piss. The well known saying "the world is a man's toilet" seems terribly appropriate for Delhi, where every other man you pass is faced up against a wall, a wet trickle finding its way from between his legs ...
the streak is over...
so, my three month long streak of not getting horribly sick was over for me yesterday. which i still consider to be a pretty good record, especially when compared to other students who have been sick numerous times. after a day of "cleaning out my ...
HELLO-GOODBYE TAJ MAHAL
... in the morning.Quickly arranged to have my own auto-rickshaw driver for the day(less than $5.00)and booked an airconditioned seat on the New Delhi Express train leaving at 8:30 pm. Killed a few hours before the Taj with a two lassi(not ...
New Delhi
A tourist bus leaving in the evening from Mcleod Ganj, and arriving in Delhi the next morning. A 13 hour long bus ...
Indian Adventure
... , or of a land full of colour and culture. Luckily for us, we left with thoughts of the latter. Our first stop was New Delhi. Most of our time here was actually taken up doing research for a business opportunity we are considering. It is possible we ...
Shiny New Delhi
As we were only staying one night in Delhi and had heard some nightmare stories about the place, we decided to treat ourselves and so stayed in a lovely B&B which was tripadvisor's number 1. This made our stay in Delhi really pleasant as we were based ...
delhi and trip to nepal (part one)
... wait for an hour and forty-five minutes by the check-in counter for him to arrive (he has spent the night in Delhi somewhere I hope). Finally I can wait no longer and go through security. I get a sandwich at the Subway counter and after ...
Same Same (But Different)
... few days ago but now it was out with the old and in with the new as I explored the colonial part of this amazing city, New Delhi. Day 80: Saturday April 7th Given the fact that I had sort of run myself into the ground over the ...
A Day at School
... Jehral Nehru University, is one of the biggest - 3,500 students in grades 6 though 12. Coincidentally, our Fulbright director here in New Delhi is a graduate. From the moment of my exit from the car that took me to school, I was the subject of ...
Vientiane la charmante ? (VERSION COMPLETE)
... donc au terme de mon periple Lao-thai. Je m<en vais demain prendre un vol de Vientiane a Bangkok et ensuite de bangkok a New Delhi pour rejoindre mon amoureux qui m<attendra avec une grosse pancarte qui dit : bienvenue en Inde ma cherie !! .,.. une ...
Namaste!
Pit Stop: New Delhi, India (Country Name in Local Language: Bharat) Local Time: 3:30PM, Friday US Central Daylight Saving Time: 5:00AM, Friday India, the name even evokes a sense of mysticism. From the time I set foot in New Delhi to the wonderful ...
Back in Delhi
I'm back in Delhi for 2 nights. Can't wait to fly to Nepal tomorrow...........so excited! I met up with Craig & Marie who I met on the Lonely Planet website & we enjoyed a night out in smelly Parhaganj! There was also some kind of festival ...
The end of the road - Delhi
... before making our way to the heart of the capital, and the heart of the nation, India Gate and the Rajpath, where only yesterday India's new president, Pratibha Patil, was sworn in. It was quite grand, but bloody hot, so we ...
New Delhi
The train departed Varanasi on time but arrived a few hours late. A total of 15 hours to get to New Delhi by ...
A Really New Year
... a variety of experiences-some inspiring, some ordinary, and a few extra-ordinary. New Year's was spent living the high life in New Delhi. I had made the plan to visit my friend Evan Manning and his family for the New Years. Almost embarrassed by the ...
India: Oh my God, what have we done?
... we have only been here for 2 days. I'll start at the beginning, but I'm sure I will digress a few times. So we land in New Delhi with the temperature at 105 degrees. Pretty hot. Get a cab to take us to an area called the Pharganj. The guide book says ...

