Blogs from Karol Bagh, Delhi, National Capital Territory, India, Asia - page 2

Greetings readers, well,today was our first official tour day in Delhi. We had the usual crazy taxi ride to our first location which was the Salaambaa lak trust which is a charity which helps out the street kids of Delhi. It takes them off the streets and provides accommodation, food, medical attention and education for kids who beg, steal and pick pocket and do drugs etc or are in street gangs. Some go back to their parents but many stay and grow up and get an education to go on and do well in Alice. Our guide told us his story of a violent farther who beat him her he didn't earn enough money begging. So he tried shoe shining, pot washing, taking food out of bins to eat, being in a street gang and also ... read more

Evening everyone! It's 21.11 here in Delhi. We'll I've now met my travelling companions for my trip. Latoya from USA, Mary from Canada but she has been in Tiwan for the last. 3 years teaching English and is very much the traveller and heading back to Canada via a few countries, and intends to head to South America ASAP after working temporarily to get some money together. There is also a couple from Preston Chris and Steph and then there is our tour guide Dushyant. He is lovely, easy going, has a sense of humour, and tells us he is a male model (yes ladies I will get a photo or two of him for you to check him out). He also works for G adventures to supplement his income. We've had the welcome meeting and ... read more

YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT, THEN GO BACK TO THE BLOG OR GO THROUGH THE PHOTOS (CLICK ON THE NUMBERS AT THE BOTTOM OR ARROWS IN TOP CORNERS) IN THAT ENLARGED FORMAT. I PUT LOTS OF INFORMATION IN THE PHOTO CAPTIONS SO YOU CAN SKIP THE NARRATIVE, JUST LOOK AT THE ENLARGED PHOTOS AND YOU'LL STILL GET MORE INFORMATION THAT YOU EVER WANTED. TO RETURN TO THE BLOG ENTRY, JUST CLICK YOUR BACK BUTTON OR ON THE NAME OF THE BLOG, BELOW THE NUMBERS ON THE LEFT. India December 2012 NEW DELHI, CAPITAL OF INDIA and second largest city (after Mumbai, aka Bombay) Dec. 10 - 12, 2012. We started our three weeks in India in the capital, Delhi. When flying to Asia it is a looooong trip - 24 hours in ... read more

Nachdem wir um 1 Uhr morgens in Delhi gelandet waren und sowohl bei der Einwanderungsbehörde, als auch am Gepäckschalter und an der Geldwechselbude unerwartet schnell abgefertigt wurden, kamen wir heute morgen gegen 03 Uhr in unserem Hotel, dem Amax Inn, mitten im Bazarviertel Pahar Ganj an. Um diese Uhrzeit war das Viertel allerdings wie ausgestorben und wir damit relativ schnell im Bett. Nicht ohne vorher festzstellen, dass unsere Schlafsackinlets mit "Anti-Bettwanzen-Shield" eine wundervolle Errungenschaft waren. Leider waren die Hunde um unser Hotel herum auch um 03.00 Uhr noch so aktiv, dass ohne Oropax nicht an Schlaf zu denken war. Und schweinekalt war es weil das Fenster nicht richtig zu schließen war, Kälte war definitiv das, was wir am wenigsten erwartet hatten. Trotzdem waren wir um 10 Uhr wieder halbwegs fit um unser erstes Frühstück in Indien ... read more

The enormity of what I was about to undertake hit me for the first time after an emotional farewell with the parents at Heathrow. For the next 48hrs my emotions seesawed between ecstatic excitement and anxiety, bordering at times on panic and dread. The flight was fine, although I certainly wouldn't get excited about flying Air India in the future. I have noticed over the years the size of people’s hand luggage has got increasingly large and silly, are you seriously going to need all that stuff over the space of 8 hours??? Apparently not, as I have also observed that no one and I mean NO ONE takes their hand luggage out of the overhead luggage compartment until the plane lands. I dared to break this unspoken faux pax by retrieving a book from my ... read more