Blogs from New Delhi, National Capital Territory, India, Asia - page 118

I took 3 weeks rest in Israel in the middle of my travels. It was great to see my family, my friends (apologies to those I haven't met, time was so short eventually :-) And on Tuesday morning I boarded El-Al plane again, this time with my sisters Daphna and Hadas, flying to Mumbai, India. The flight was ok, but I was terrified of India. Most of all I was terrified of the smell I heard about. And so we landed in Mumbai and I took a deep breath, and - nothing. Really, nothing really bad. Yes, sometimes you pass in smelly places or pass smelly people, but it’s not too bad, and it’s not everywhere or everyone. What’s the story here?? Anyway, I was so relieved… So it’s not so clean around, but so far ... read more

hey, so this is my first entry, i've been in New Delhi, India since the 22nd of august, spent a week with my mom doing the golden triangle (agra, jaipur, and delhi) and hit all the major tourist spots. then on the 30t, my group from LC showed up and we've been busy bees ever since. of course, its been hot, but for the last twdays we've had lovely rain, which has cooled things down a bit. we're staying at a place called the golf apartments, which is a nice little set of rooms with a central eating lounge area where we have our lectures and meals and hang out. we have been working with mainly three people, shardaji, who is this loveable, lively, little pot-bellied old but young-at-heart monkey of a woman, who helps us ... read more

Any expectation I could have had or prediction I could have made would not have prepared me for the absolute assault on the senses that constitutes the Indian experience. Since the first moment I stepped out of the airport at 2 o' clock in the morning, I was confronted with a place that was unlike any other that I had every seen. The roads were teeming with scooters, bicycles, cycle-rickshaws, cars, vans, pushcarts, and imposing trucks; the only rule of the roads here is that the big fish eats small fish, no lanes, no signals, and traffic lights are a mere suggestion. I basically sat in the back of the older minivan in which I was riding and gazed in awe at the humanity that was everywhere. There were people sleeping in every conceivable place and ... read more

Well folks I made it here! After an 18hr flight and much sleep in my hotel I have taken my first motorized taxi thingy to Connaught Place...shit I think that is what you call it. I took a walk about where my holet GOOD TIMES is located yesterday...nothing but car stuff everywhere...carborator shop, muffler shop with a tonne of mufflers just waiting for an owner, indian auto accessories shop, car seat cover shop...it goes on. The shop really is just like an open stall with about 10 men hanging around. Surprisingly I was not harassed...only asked for money once and told I was beautiful twice...lol...I ate my first real Indian food today as well. I can not tell you how happy I was that I brought many energy bars with me...because seriously, that is what I ... read more

Coucou a vous... Juste arrive a Delhi ce matin apres un peu plus d'1 mois au Kashmir, pour la mousson, et 6 kg de perdu... Y'a rien a faire, le riz, matin midi et soir, ca me reussit pas ! Mais maintenant que me voici hors Kashmir, je vais enfin pouvoir effacer le riz de mon alimentation et me concentrer sur des choses plus nutritives... J'ai relie Srinagar-Jammu (300 km) en moto avec Fida... 40 km vitesse maximale... j'ai trop mal au cul ! On est parti un peu avant midi de Srinagar et on est arrive le soir (il faisait deja nuit) a Jammu. C'est terrible la pollution et la poussiere, sur cette route, surtout avant d'arriver au tunnel, qui en gros separe le district de Jammu de celui de Srinagar. Arrive a Jammu, on ... read more