Intercontinental Delhi

After having a great time in McLeod, I headed back to Delhi. I stayed at the Intercontinental Nehru Place. It was actually a pretty nice hotel. I was happy with it. We did the tourist thing and headed over to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. Everyone has seen ...

... the deadly snake in my palm. We spent the rest of the day going to some of the various historic sites in Delhi, including Humayun's tomb, the gorgeous park containing Raj Ghat (the place where Gandhi was cremated), and the futuristic Lotus Temple. ...

... tombs including the memorial to Ghandi at the site of his cremation (Hindu custom cremates rather than buries the dead).  In Delhi, monuments are about the only place you find open space without honking cars.  After touring the city we decided ...

... can get lost for ages. After the mosque, hours were spent wandering the cool paths (can't call them streets) within Old Delhi - commercial and residential functions blur into one with your place of work also being your place of residence. Millers, book ...

WED. 03 JAN. 2007   NEW DELHI (GMT +5h30)   +5h30m?!  What's that all about?  Now that's just being awkward!   Arrived in Delhi at about 11am after a 7h30m flight and headed straight for the Taj Palace Hotel which I had ...

... landscaping plants, but all growing in the wild.  Our driver then took us through the main government area of New Delhi, with beautiful big stone buildings, wide streets, beautiful flowers, and on to a Crafts Museum filled with handicrafts from ...

... got bored. We landed in Delhi an hour later. As soon as we got our stuff from the plane, we took a bus to the outskirts of Delhi to a hotel. We checked in and rested. Later, we went to a nearby hotel to get snacks. Then we just went back to the hotel and ...

... last few days. Our flight to Hong Kong was scheduled to arrive at 10:00 pm, and we had prepaid for a nice room at the InterContinental overlooking the harbour. If our flight on the 27th was a few hours late, as many flights were (some as late as 20 ...

It was around 1am when we landed in India and as our plane descended, I could see thousands of little light explosions all over the city below. It was the Diwali festival and I was lucky enough to see fireworks from above. It was such a happy sight. ...

1st: 19-20 Nov 2009 Such a waste, I just stayed in the hotel. ...

... have to get used to it and make the most of this adventure.  On the bright side, we get to stay at the Intercontinental hotel, Delhi curtacy of BA, and get a good 'days' sleep! Our jetlag has gone to pot!  We skip breakfast and head ...

... in a big city in the US before, so it was all new to her). India's a different thing. Landing at the New Delhi airport, you immediately realize you're in a third world. Spare, dirty, cinder-blocky. Even Baily noticed ("why is everything cement?). I ...

... ;2007 mileage in India : 2000 km mileage so far : 8850 km After a good night rest in New Delhi where we shared a room in the intercontinental, we headed north where we stopped first in Chandigarh for a night before reaching Manali. The road from ...

... the same elevator, they wait for the next one!! More later! February 28th. Today unfolded unexpectedly with a talk with the Intercontinental Hotel General Manager. He is from Nuristan, a province north of Kabul. Looks very European in features and pretty ...

... travelling from Agra to Delhi, we decided that our stay in Hong Kong would be a treat to ourselves. We booked a room at the InterContinental Hong Kong. The InterContinental is on the Kowloon side of the harbour, opposite to the main financial side of ...

... to a forwarded e-mail.  Sunday 24-May-09 Air British Airways. Flight: BA196. Aircraft: Boeing 777 Depart: Houston Intercontinental Apt at 7:55PM Arrive: London Heathrow Airport 25-May-09 at 11:05AM Monday 25-May-09 Air British Airways. ...