Hazy recollections of Delhi

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November 8th 2009

Published: November 8th 2009

To explain the rather contrived title I’ll skip to the end. This morning (1/11/09 - 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 it’s because I’d spent the previous ten days or so in Delhi. Unless the... Read Full Entry

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Daniel Gerber

Drinkthewater

UPDATE (April 2013) This site was the blog I kept for my long-term travels, mainly through Asia, in 2009-2010. I'm not maintaining it any more. I've done numerous trips since then but haven't kept them on this blog. I did run my own blog for a year but unfortunately lost that data. END UPDATE For those who're not familiar with blogs, note that this part is only my profile, the blog entries are linked from the bottom of this page (or subscribe, so you'll always know when I have a new one) Having always dreamed about travel, previously mainly done it as three-week or four-week sort... full info

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Old Delhi

cycle rickshaw

Jama Masjid

courtyard (this photo is out of order)

Red Fort

Red Fort - squirrel

not sure if these are squirrels or what they are, but they're very common in Delhi.

Old Delhi

this is a deluxe urinal. It has a back wall for privacy

Old Delhi

a quiet street between the Red Fort and Jama Masjid, near the main road

Old Delhi

bit of empty area near Jama Masjid where poor people seem to hang out

Old Delhi

as previous description

old Delhi

area in the previous two photos. I guess this is like a cycle-rickshaw tow truck for scooters

National Museum

a prayer cart from Tamil nadu. This is like the one I saw covered in dust and rubbish in a delapidated shed in Tamil Nadu (remember, I mentioned it?) only I think that one was bigger