India

Trip Start Jan 05, 2008
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Trip End Jun 20, 2008


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Rini's relatives' house
(Delhi hotels)

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

     The flight from Brisbane to Singapore was probably the best flight we had so far, as each passenger had its own TV screen with a variety of program ranging from TV shows to live concerts. The food and the service were great. After this trip, we strongly reccoment flight with Qantas. The flight from Singapore was about the same, but with the Jet Airways company. The flight wasnt that full so Jarrett and I had two seats each, so it was easier to get some sleep in the 5 hours flight. We arrived in Delhi  50 minutes earlier than expected and after short time our friend Rini and her husband Ashish were picking us up. It was about 4 in the morning when we arrived at their place and we all went to bed, waking up about 4 hours later.
     
      As expected, Delhi is a very busy city and even at 3 in the morning when we were driving from the airport we already had traffic. Driving in Delhi requires skills....lots of skills. Even though people say that in India they drive in the opposite side of the road, like in Australia, it is hard to agree with it, since people here drive in any direction they wish Rini's relatives house
Rini's relatives house
 . Most of the streets have no lanes and the ones that have lanes, they are simply ignored, along with  most of the traffic lights. Also, it makes even harder to drive, as you share the roads with cars, buses, motorcycles, bicycles, bulls, cows, dogs, camels and elephants, and of course, people...lots of people. However, amazingly, we havent seen any car crash at all. They do get close, but no crashes. Later in the day we were out visiting some touristic sites in Delhi but it took hours for us to get from one point to another. First we stopped downtown to get some lunch. I stupidly forgot to ask for no spice at all in my food and I could barely eat... then we went to a free market where there a lot of the clothes being sold some even having American store tags in it, such as Old Navy and Gap and of course, they were being sold 100x cheaper than these stores would sell the same item.

     The last stop of the day was at the Red Fort, where we saw a light and sound show telling the story of the fort. The show was in Hindi so we didnt understand anything but our friends translated some of the most important features of it.
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