Blogs from National Capital Territory, India, Asia - page 4

Got woke up by the room phone ringing we had over slept and the rest of the group were in the hotel lobby waiting for us, met our tour guide Joe who went through the itinerary for the day. Straight on coach and off to do tour of New Delhi and old Delh, visited the largest mosque in India (jama masking - the largest mosque in India)) had to take our shoes off and the floor was red hot but we coped!! Had a rickshaw ride round the old Delhi market which was good, with it being Sunday lots of the shops were closed, highlight of the day for me was visiting mahatma Gandhi’s tomb and hearing the story about his life and listening to the history of how India became so divided oh and we ... read more

Leider habe ich den Blog aus Versehen zu früh publiziert, hier also die Ergänzungen: Qutab Minar ist ein fast 100 m hoher Turm, dessen unterstes Geschoss vom islamischen Eroberer als Siegessäule errichtet wurde, seine Nachfolger liessen dann die oberen Stockwerke errichten. Gleichzeitig liess er alle Hindutempel auf diesem Areal (der Zelle von Delhi) abreissen und baute mit diesen Steinen eine erste Moschee. Das führte dazu, dass an der Moschee teilweise recht erotischer Bildschmuck erscheint, was eigentlich für Moslem verboten ist. Da unser Morgenflug gecancelt worden war, flogen wir erst Mitte Nachmittagvon Delhi über Bangaluru (Bangalore) nach Trivandrum in Kerala. Wir hatten ein schönes Hotel oberhalb des Strandes mit Palmen, einem Pool und gutem Essen, wo wir 3 Tage faulenzten und uns ayuervedisch behandeln liessen. Natürlich waren wir auch am Strand: schwimmen kann man nicht, da... read more

Day 18-19 –Farewell Delhi Arrived in Delhi around lunch time and had pre-booked 2 rooms (cause couldn’t get family option) in the Radisson Blu (which we had used in other countries) that included breakfast and airport transfer in the rate and it had a good looking swimming pool. Instructions were to meet driver inside gate 2, after waiting for what seemed like ages we rang them and driver was outside gate 2, sigh. We had made it through 3 weeks with no Indian sim cards but luckily the hubby has a post-paid Australian mobile with roaming, which we had not used but it was great to be able to make that one phone call. Driver was nice and hotel wasn’t too far despite mad traffic. We were welcomed into the opulent marble ... read more

Who is on this trip: The writer - Mother/Organiser/Travel ‘Project’ Manager/Sponsor/Financial Controller. Referred to as: Me, myself or I The husband – referred to as: himself/Dad/hubby/the man The daughter – referred to as: the girl/7yo/princess/whinger/puker/punk/card sharp The son – referred to as: the boy/5yo/boy wonder/whinger/puker/punk/ card sharp Itinerary: Sydney-Delhi (for city break)–(Main trip Kerala state) : Cochin/Kochi– Alleppey/Alapuzha- Kollam/Quilon-Varkala- Thekaddy-Munnar-Cochin/Kochi-Delhi-Sydney Dates: 20 Dec 2017- 10 Jan 2018 Season in India: Winter Average temps: 17-30 degrees Exchange rate to AUD: 46-50 rupees per $1aud Day 1 Getting there Flight 12.5 hour flight from Sydney to Delhi (after 2 trains over approx. 90 mins) Thankfully uneventful.... read more

We had a plan for the day starting with which places we were going to visit. When we got where we were going we would pay the tuk-tuk driver and find another when we were ready to move on. Plan worked fine for phase one of the day as we took a tuk-tuk from the hotel to India Gate, paid 100 rupees and driver went on his way. Very busy place to be, food vendors everywhere and families out having fun. All very colourful and that was helped by a political rally taking place just by the gate in an area cordoned off and guarded by lot of police. Watched that for a while though had no idea who was speaking. The rally disbanded just as we were leaving so we were able to walk round ... read more