http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , India , National Capital Territory , Delhi en-us Wed, 09 Dec 09 21:34:31 +0000 Wed, 09 Dec 09 21:34:31 +0000 Delhi is one of the most beautiful cities and the capital of India Tours a country in South Asia that is considered to be the seventh largest country and most democracy populace in the world. Delhi is stretched on the west bank of river Yamuna it boarders state Uttar Pradesh on the South and Haryana on the west. Delhi being a capital of India has witnessed necessary improvement. City is well c http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-459046.html Picture it. Close your eyes and imagine. You've been on planes and in airports for over 20 hours you've just landed at New Delhi International it's your first time setting foot on such foreign soil. The plane door opens your breathing quickens finally at last yes You step out of the plane look around and ugh the smell You can see 800 feet on the brightly lit runway. From the smog. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-453056.html Hi allWe are soon on our way to Mumbai tmrw morning but I just wanted to share some pics from yesterday afternoon in Dehli. While Will was at a meeting I visited the fantastic Bahas templeAs always when I am out sightseeing on my own it creates a bit of attention and I often feel like a walking tourist attraction myself..However it is a nice building and I really like the whole Bahai idea http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-452340.html To explain the rather contrived title Irsquoll skip to the end. This morning 11109 which will be discussed in the next blog when I arrived into Leh the first thing i noticed was that the sky was blue. Also the sun was bright. Why would this surprise me I hear you ask Well good question. The answer is that itrsquos because Irsquod spent the previous ten days or so in Delhi. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-451586.html Vor ganz genau zwo Tage hab ich die Haelfte meiner Zeit hier erreicht und zwar wieder in Delhi. Nachdem ich drei Tage in Rishikesh verweilte gings wieder nach Delhi um weiter in den Sueden zu fahren oder um in den Osten zu fahren. Entschieden wurde sozusagen spontan vor Ort. Es geht in den Sueden Richtung Goa. Genau der passende Ausgleich nach dem kalten Norden in den warmen Sueden zu fahren. Doch http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-451306.html Hi EveryoneDelhi seems to me to epitomize all that is wonderful and horrible about India. I ended my trip here but most tourists start here because Delhi is a major international destination. I heard more than one horror story from fellow tourists that I met in Agra and Varanasi about the tourist scams that go on. One couple told me that instead of taking them to their hotel their taxi driver http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-450479.html This quote comes from Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi commonly known around the world as Mahatma Gandhi or in India as Bapu. Gandhi was the political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian Independence movement and since his birthday a national holiday falls on the 2nd October shortly after my arrival here in India I thought it only right to pay my respects. The following day I headed http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-449970.html Day 15 16 Back to delhi We arrived back in Delhi with a mixture of happiness that we were going home and a little sadness that our adventure had come to an end. During the day we had gone to Connaught Square for the last bit of shopping and managed to finish our shopping and ensure that we had presents for everyone. We had one last meal with everyone at tea time and met at the only bar that ha http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-449531.html Following my time in Cambodia I decided to hit up India to see the Taj Mahal and to see for myself the illusions created by Rudyard Kipling and journalists of the early 1900's. I arrived in Delhi and I was expecting the airport to be a total shithole as noted by many travelers who have passed through it. It wasn't as bad as I anticipated and I have certainly been in worse Cairo Nairobi amo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-448325.html Itrsquos cruel how quickly the seasons change. One week I was sitting in my boxers sweating profusely while drinking ice water which promptly turned to hot water in my hands. The next the sky has turned an even hazier gray and the mornings are less than tepid. So I suppose that the weather has not changed too much except that the difference is excrutiating without hot water.Thus my mornin http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-448138.html Well itrsquos not quite the gauntlet. More like a selfinflicted time crunch that will span the next month. Thatrsquos how long I have left in India. A month. It seems odd to say. Irsquom saving my travel funds until the program ends and my lengthy endoftheterm papers are growling at me. Plus I have a whole language to relearn thanks to the long break in Hindi class and my sloth in s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-447807.html By the time we arrived at the train station for our four hour ride to Delhi the combination of dehydration from my upset stomach and the fierce sun it was 95 in the shade had gotten to me. Boarding the train I climbed straight into one of the upstairs bunks and just lay under a fan for the entire trip and tried to sleep. Bob tells me that I didn't miss much on the ride in but I should have a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-447673.html Juna saapui sitten lopulta yhdeksalta. Koska hotelli oli vain puolen kilometrin paassa kavelimme sinne asemalta. Saimme huoneen heti. Kavimme hotellissa intialaistyylisella aamupalalla. Riksalla ajoimme vanhaan Delhiin ja kavimme vilkaisemassa moskeijaa. Sielta kaveltiin metroasemalle ja mentiin pari pysakinvalia. Sopivaa vaatekauppaa ei loytynyt ja tulimme riksalla hotelliin.Lahdimme etsimaan le http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-445762.html Day 2 10th October DelhiAfter a lazy morning catching up on some much needed sleep we found a cafe to have a coffee which was very nice and on the way back to the hotel called in at Milan Restaurant love at first bite the slogan on the shirts We ordered cheese burger and fries and a local dish. When it arrived the fries had an unusual coating which was either the remnants in the f http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-443815.html Day 1 9th OctoberWe've arrived after a 7 hour flight into Dubai and then a 3.5 hour flight to Dehli. We can recommend on line check in the minimum of fuss and waiting and our own queue. It only took us 5 miunutes to drop off the bags we were treated to a lot of evil stares from those passengers that hadn't decided to check in on line. We were met by an Intrepid rep to take us to the hote http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-443807.html Wow so everything is a bit different here in the north side of India. For one thing most girls are wearing jeans and not those beautiful silk dresses that ALL the girls wear in South India. Itrsquos a fast pace city and just a bit dirtier than New York City. The vibe I get from this city is that itrsquos free and chaotic. As oppose to Boston or Tokyo where there are so many rules. lsquoAny http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-443756.html After an emotional yet enjoyable farewell we were off on our voyage across the world...DELHI bound8 hours later we arrived into a very hot delhi where we were greeted by our hotel pickup who risked his life and ours getting us to the hotel. Delhi is like no other place either of us has ever seen. The traffic is wild cars buses tuk tuks motorbikes bikes cows dogs and monkeys all on the r http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-442926.html So in den letzten Tagen ist Einiges passiert. Zum ersten mal hat sich mein Jetlag gelegt und ich habe einige Leute kennen gelernt. Machmal auf sehr lustige weise Man geht in einen Laden rein und die Verkaeuferin frag einen Where are you from und daraus ensteht dann ein Gespraech welches durchaus laenger dauern kann und man sich hinter her verabredet fuer den naechsten Tag Delhi Sight Seeing. So http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-441691.html Well despite the odds and contradicting stories about whether we could and couldn't travel via Delhi without a visa we've now made it through to the transit lounge. Ok so we don't have our main bags which are now somewhere in the air on a direct flight to Sri lanka courtesy of a private shipping company and 180 but it finally feels like things are going right in fact for the first time I' http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-440709.html Hello friends and family We landed safe in Delhi... After 21 hours of plane rides we are a bit more than tired We came in at 0520am India time... We have visited the Red Fort in Old Delhi and ate a wonderful thali meal for lunch We have just been wandering the streets of Old Delhi here smelling the smells and taking in the sights. This place is beyond mind blowing... The streets are ALIVE wi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-440697.html