Blogs from Delhi, National Capital Territory, India, Asia - page 41

Namastay! Finally I am in India, and so ecstatic to be here. I arrived after more then 24 hours of traveling and only a few hours of snatched sleep in KL airport. I arrived in Delhi at 9.30pm and on Ghandi's birthday, which is a holiday in India. It seemed that the whole of Delhi was in celebration mode, and there was a party in the street below my hotel room that went on into the early hours. I spent a gorgous few hours mesmirised by the spectacle below, far too excited to sleep. My first full day in India today, and what a day it has been. I just got back to my hotel at 9.30pm after an action packed day. After a great walk into the thick of it all, I found the Delhi ... read more

30 July, 2007 - On the bus from Jaipur to Agra There is a boy, young and strong, red band of cloth wrapped round his head like a samurai. And like a samurai he shouts the snack he sells with eyes smiling strong as a man but only seriousness from his lips. It smells good here, at this rest stop, the stench of urine masked by the lemon and spice of this young boys living. He is the same to me as the flock of parakeets swinging in the cornfields a while back. We are all the same, smelling of urine or lemon spice. We all have beating hearts, we all a striving to live. * * * How can I convey to you my Indian experience? We have all been desensitized by the multitude of ... read more

Chapitre 1 : Comment s’agripper 10 nov. 2006 Me voilà à Delhi. Enfin.... Le vol s’est bien passé. 17.5heures de vol, avec 2 escales. J’avais vraiment hâte d’arriver. Interminable bordel. Je pose les pieds à l’aéroport fade et silencieux de Delhi. Il y plane une odeur de poussière humide, un peu comme au Biodôme de Montréal. C’est plutôt calme. Rien ne laisse envisager ce qui se passe dans les rues de la capitale indienne. Au moment où l’on sort de l’aéroport, on se fait accrocher par un chauffeur de taxi désinvolte… qui nous amène à un chauffeur de taxi moins désinvolte… qui nous amène à son taxi. Je lui explique que nous allons au Pallvi Palace, hôtel que j’ai réservé par internet avant notre départ. Il acquiesce. Il connait l’endroit. Ça lui prendra 20 minutes nous ... read more

Namaste everyone. Well, here I am in Delhi, India. Let me tell you the road here from Kathmandu was none too smooth. I’m sending this once again through my ever-trustworthy friend Bob (who I’m sure has lots of time on his hands to do me these favours now that he’s a new daddy). I managed to check my e-mail messages this morning on the most ancient computer I think I’ve ever used (my old Commodore 64 excluded). I used a DOS-based web-browser to check my hotmail account which actually worked out surprisingly well although a bit time-consuming. Last I wrote I was in Pokhara, Nepal recovering from a trek in the Himalayan mountains. My recovery diet consisted of lots of beer and rum and several games of pool and darts. Although it proved difficult I managed ... read more