Yuraj Deluxe New Delhi

Journey -Kick start

This week happens to be the longest one of life & paradoxically, this Friday is shortest day ever. Week long wait was itching & last minute preparations are making Friday smaller.

As always, desi crowd is welcoming even in Volvo. The team- LUI, DEV, SID, NAINU & NIK (Me) can see attractive entities sitting in all other buses. Status: -

Dev-feeling wet within his jeans due to humid & heat.

Sid- reading ...

... complexes, resorts, five star hotels, restaurants, business centers and fitness outfits. The group is executing projects worth over Rs. 7900 Crores to bring about positive change in the work, home and leisure life of millions. The Vatika group boasts projects like First India Place, Vatika ...

... from the financial and IT sectors. At the same time, those buildings, which were launched a couple of years back, when real estate was booming, and there was no inclination of any impending slowdown to affect them, are getting completed. This has increased the supply of office space in the market ." However, the situation may improve in the next few quarters. The adverse supply ...

... grabbed dinner at Sonu Chathouse Restaurant and split one order of Sonu Special Masala Dosa and one Veggie Pakoda w. Chips. Yum. With full stomachs we wandered around the Main Bazaar street market and bought pink and blue sarees for Sruti's wedding before heading home. 6am came early as our Taj Express train was boarding at 7:30am to Agra. We weren't offered any but one ticket price at the counter so when boarding the train we were confused ...

... city streets where the beggars can be seen. My instructor is a very pleasant young man, closing my eyes and listening to his rhythmic tones has me in an almost trance. It takes my senses off the heavy air filled with the smells of burning incense and other not so pleasant to the nose and the sights around me - beyond the fence. It's very strange to say the least. A special thanks to the Australian Cricket team for the lose to South ...

... getting us buy products from his affiliate.     Looking at the above testimonials one can easily understand the current situation of the tourism industry.   However not everything is bad, there are many guides and taxiwallas who go out of their way to provide a memorable service to the tourists. There have been many instances of tourists been shown many more heritage and cultural sites then already planned. The taxiwallas have returned money ...

... cost structures in the industry, was ambitious. We view the steps taken to cut retail losses positively impacting the outlook for IBREL shareholders. The company continues to remain optimistic about retail growth in India and plans to infuse approximately Rs10 ...

... snatching and attention. i despair when i spot the obvious tourist, glammed up to the Western eyeballs; i take comfort in being mistaken for a latino. i will never count my chickens and i will never listen to the generalised sterotypical views (despite my enjoyment of them!), yet i do believe that people open themselves to theft and the criminal prefers the easy target. one thread remains strong - the same characters are fuelling the truth and scare ...

... concentric circles) of Delhi. Many upscale shops, good restaurants and $100 a night hotels. We went straight to Pizza Hut and ordered a pepperoni pizza, garlic bread and a pitcher of 7up. Ahhhh...India... We returned to our fleabag hotel to sleep buried within our own sheets and set the alarm for our 4am checkout for our flight to Leh... Lisa's Hindi vocabulary to date: hello thank you potato go away no stop! water butter So she can say, "Stop! No--go away you buttered potato!"

... of newspaper from little boys who demanded one rupee a piece.

Presently we were joined in our carriage by a soldier with his wife and baby daughter. He was a bomb disposal expert from Bihar and this was his first period of leave in a year. Together with us he went over our map of India with his finger detailing places that, in his opinion, we really should visit. I asked him if Kashmir ("Heaven on Earth") was safe to visit. To which he replied to the effect that for tourists it is safe ...