Hotel Ajanta New Delhi

... photos of the funny white westerners (we also got photos with them too and everyone thought that was kinda funny). Thankfully our hotel (Hotel Ajanta) seemed to be the best pick of the bunch in Delhi's "Kings Cross" (like King's Cross but 100% ...

... alleys and smaller roads. As it is located centrally between the sights of New and Old Delhi and also has New Delhi train station it has become the main hub for backpackers and tourists. The narrow streets are lined with budget hotels and guest ...

... Quite a full-on staring experience in India but much better than many of the leering stares! Got back to Delhi about 4.30pm. Mr Dooga vanished. We had dinner in Hotel Ajanta and met some extremely drunk older men from Brisbane-yuck! Slept like ...

... 1980s floral wallpaper pattern on the passport check desks had me smiling through customs, and bag in hand, I found the representative of hotel Ajanta waiting outside to whisk me to the hotel in the heart of Delhi's bazaar-like old centre. Traffic was ...

... aproximately 15 minutes late - this was no problem to out pre-organised pick up who waited for us patiently. Our transfer to The Hotel Ajanta was a quiet one, mainly due to being tired and it also being dark. The Hotel is situated within a part of the ...

... curry to say the least and we are only 6 days in.  We've met some very interesting people, especially at India Gate in Delhi were everyone seemed to want to have a photo taken with us, and were prepared to wait in line!  A very friendly chap ...

... your breakfast! Its a total culture shock but we were loving it! Then we arrived at our pre-booked hotel, Hotel Ajanta. It was a hotel in what many Delhi-ites might regard as seedy. There were people EVERYWHERE! There were so many things going on at ...

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... cheaper but brighter room. So here I am, on my own, carrying 2 backpacks, 2 yoga bags and 1 rolling bag, back to New Delhi, staying at a hotel that is 10 times cheaper than the one than the one in the beginning of the journey. I am totally on my own ...

After being delayed several hours, I finally arrived in Delhi and was pleasantly surprised.  I was expecting it to be more congested and more hectic than Chennai and it was not. Delhi is a city that was most like a US city - it has its good parts and ...

... ... The Raj Ghat where Gandhi lay was very nice and a place I have wanted to see - so happy - Boxed ticked. and finally..... The Delhi Mosque - this is a magnificent building (as most of them are) but on this day at this time, it was surrounded by about 5 ...

... and Urban Innovative Social Entrepreneurship - which is a very new Micro Finance Institution operating in semi-urban communities outside of Delhi. Rupaal is a young, dynamic thirty year old with a clear vision to help the world and is focused on a ...

We arrived late at night in Delhi, had our first taste of delhi driving, and crashed in our hotel.  We woke up to a beautiful sunrise and started our day early (which the rest of delhi didnt do). So everything doesnt open until around 11-12:30-ish. ...

So on the third day. 24th March, we got another driver from the hotel and went off to see the Jama Masjid Mosque and the Red Fort. The driver was a bit funny cuz he couldnt quite speak as good English so I swear everything Involved him saying we were ...

... . The drive back to the city centre was less eventful, and I headed for Connaught Place, the British-designed centre of New Delhi. Connaught Place is a system of circular one-way roads around a huge central roundabout. No traffic lights here... hurrah ...

... ; Also the beautiful Ailish, a young Canadian girl from Vancouver Island who I spent 2 manic days with around Connaught Place, New Delhi Railway station and the bazaars in Old Delhi, hopefully we will meet again in Agra for our next ...

... the 2nd biggest mosque in the world, they say. Again, shoes off and some kind of dress for Monika, she looks like a scarecrow, ridiculous. New Delhi is near so we visit the India Gate, a stone structure similar to Triumph Arch in Paris, with the names of ...

... to have a driver from the hotel meet us at the airport. Typically, in the states, only upper-end hotels would provide this service, but Hotel Ajanta is a modest two-star costing $22 USD per night.  The driver was a hip young man who was amazed that a ...

... ! Day 1 - Delhi We arrive safely in the Delhi international airport, and are picked up by the driver from Hotel Ajanta. We encounter our first experience of the Indian lawless yet colourful roads/drivers/animals that we have strangely grown ...