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Asia » India January 11th 2011

11th January 2011 DAY 3 Got up early as being collected at 8.00am for an approx 6hr drive to Haridwar. Still quite foggy and roads quite chaotic in the Delhi rush hour. It was also quite chilly this morning so people were lighting fires on the streets and huddling around to get warm, with the odd stray dog sometimes joining the little circle Getting out of the city took about an hour with traffic coming literally from all directions – it is not unusual to overtake a car going the wrong way, or a tractor or a rickshaw! And every time that someone is about to overtake or undertake they beep their horn! They tend to drive on left side of road but on a road where there are two lanes they will drive on the ... read more
On the Road!
Just a bit Overloaded!
Haridwar

Asia January 10th 2011

After a fitful night sleep.....we should not have gone to bed at 7.30pm as we were wide awake by 23.00pm and couldnt get back to sleep!! Maybe a bit of jetlag but also strange sounds and noises from outside...although considering this is the capital of India it wasnt too bad! Anyway, breakfast of cornflakes and toast in room - no spices and then downstairs to meet our guide for the day. A grand tour of Delhi was the plan and we saw the oldest mosque in Delhi, had a rickshaw ride around Chandi Chowk the old market.......culture shock really - electricity wires everywhere, people sat on the floor weighing out peas, dusty side streets, several near collisions in the tiny alleyways!! We survived and continued to Ghandis' tomb and park passing a couple of elephants on ... read more
Qutab
Indian squirrel!
Tomb of Ghandi

Asia January 9th 2011

Well...here we are in Delhi! The flight was delayed by about an hour for various reasons – ie they had to de-ice the wings (?!!) and then take some suitcases off because some people hadn’t turned up, so eventually arrived at Delhi airport, in the fog, about 12.30pm. Met up again with a couple of Indians we had met in the queue at Heathrow and passed an hour or so with them waiting for our case! Also got some currency at the airport (Rate 65.14) so eventually went to Costa Coffee to meet our representative over 1 ½ hours late! Anyway, there he was with Chris’ name board and he took us outside to meet our car driver who was to drive us to Hotel Dreamland, Karol Bagh, Delhi. First impressions of Delhi were mixed............it was ... read more
Daisys Travels!
The oldest mosque in Delhi
Qutb Minar




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