Hotel Namaskar New Delhi
917 Chandiwalan, Main Bazar, Paharganj New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, 110055, India
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelHotel Namaskar New Delhi
Insanity Puts A Smile on My Face
Delhi is the most infuriating, dirty, untrustworthy, dodgy city that I have ever visited and yet I spent three days walking around there with a big smile on my face before retreating back to my hotel exhausted and riddled. The place is a jungle; pure and simple. Everyone there is fighting for a few bob and are willing to do whatever it takes to get …
Touring the Taj
I flew out of Japan on April 25th with my friend Isaac. We arrived in Delhi at 2:30am, and took a cab to our mothball invested hostel for 3 hours of sleep before waking up and driving to Agra. We took off at 8am and arrived around 12 in our private air-conditioned car. In Agra we first visited Itimad-Ud-Daulah (otherwise known as the Baby Taj)- …
Volunteer Work in India
As many of you already know, I recently volunteered to build houses in India- many thanks to those of you who helped to donate to the cause. Longitude, the Rhode Island based NPO that I went through, organized a group of 22 volunteers (20 of which were Assistant Language Teachers from Japan, like myself.) We went to Andra Pradesh, in the south of …
We're in India!!!
We finally made it, after a very long flight and delay (with delicious perch and seared greens, fo free). An we took our taxi to the hotel, in the back of a very smelly alleyway by the main bazaar, to which caitlins response was almost vomitting, but she made it to the door. After talking ourselves into being able to travel without a driver, we …
From the Mountains, back to the City
1/2/2008 Traveling back to Delhi... I left the Jaipur Inn around 8:30 am, well rested, and walked over the bridge to meet the pre-arranged awaiting taxi, which took me to Haridwar (passing a large statue of Shiva, a Hindu Lord, responsible for the creation of the Ganges River). I had time for a cup of chai and 'home made' Indian biscuits for …


