Arrival in New Delhi

There we were, at 9pm in Delhi’s Indira Ghandi Airport in the Indian subcontinent, eleven weeks after leaving home. We’d expected mayhem and delays but instead found a well ordered airport, bags correctly delivered and a surprisingly calm atmosphere. A young Australian we’d met on the flight agreed to share a pre paid taxi, so all was going well and then we walked outside.

India

June 27th 2008
Incredible India Arrival Delhi was hot, really hot and humid. At the airport the innumerable taxis appeared to be playing dodgems both with each other and/or any pedestrians that got in the way. Excitedly three of us crammed our bodies and bags into a small taxi and after bumping into only a couple of other vehicles we were on our way. But only for 100 yards, when ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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