Blogs from National Capital Territory, India, Asia - page 11

Wecker um 5.00.Sonntag 5.00 Wecker Taxi zum Bahnhof. Dort sprach uns sofort ein hilfsbereiter Mensch an und teilte uns mit, dass der Zug nach Dehra Dun nicht fährt - wegen eines Bergrutsches. Wir müssten mit dem Taxi zum Bahnhof in Alt Delhi fahren, dort ginge um 7.00 ein Zug. Ich glaubte ihm nicht und ging Richtung Eingang. Aber dort stand schon wieder ein hilfsbereiter Mensch, der die gleiche Geschichte erzählte. Nur übertrieb er etwas, denn er behauptete außerdem, dass wir mit dem Taxi zum Connaught Platz fahren sollten, dort uns den Fahrpreis rückerstatten lassen sollten und dann weiter zum anderen Bahnhof. Das war jetzt doch etwas zu unwahrscheinlich, warum sollte die Fahrpreiserstattung völlig außerhalb des Bahnhofes sein_ Ich entschloß mich, zum Touristenbüro zu gehen und dort nachzufragen. Aber schon vorher kam ein Mann, der kein Schurke ... read more

India had never been on my plans... I'm not a fan of hot, overcrowded places and that's just what India seemed to be so, why would I bother to go there? But two months ago I started a new job and, on my very first day, I was offered an all-expenses-paid trip to India to celebrate the company's 10th anniversary so, even though India wasn't in my plans... how could I refuse? I was getting very nervous about the trip: traveling so far with people I barely knew, to a place that will challenge me in many ways and being apart from Ella and Dax... it wasn't going to be easy. I tried not to think too much about it so the days just flew by and, suddenly, we were at Heathrow waiting to board our ... read more

After all the hours of travel, and general lack of sleep, we only slept a few hours our first night in Delhi and we awake before 6am. We decided to go up to the terrace to take some sunrise photos and wait for our breakfast. The hotel’s terrace is quite extensive for such a small building, with a large mish-mash of decorations, many of them quite neat. By sunrise there were a large number of large black birds circling and sweeping down all around us. Some of the bigger ones had wingspans of 3 feet or more! Around 6:30 or so, we ordered our breakfast. We both got an Indian breakfast, mine large and Manoli’s small. The breakfast consisted of juice, coffee/chai, three types of bread (one with a delicious filling), a bowl of soup or ... read more

Okay, I found the time after our tour of Delhi and before the overnight train to add the photos from Day 1 in Delhi.... read more

So here we are on day one of my trip to India for my friend Khushbu's wedding and then to Dubai and Thailand. When I left on Sunday night from Vegas it still did not feel real that I was headed to the other side of the world and wouldn't be "home" for the next two weeks. When thinking about it while sitting at the airport I got a little home-sick, partly because I was tired. And partly because my "home" situation has drastically changed recent and I am not sure how I feel about. I can get more into that later when I can better put into words how I feel. The flight from vegas was fine. I got to New York at 8am and met up with my business partner Tim. I am glad ... read more