Blogs from Delhi, National Capital Territory, India, Asia - page 7

HE SAID... We were leaving Kochi and heading north to Delhi. We woke at 4am and prepared ourselves for the day ahead. We left our tranquil homestay in Fort Kochi at 5am and made our way to Kochi Domestic Airport in a taxi for our early morning flight to Delhi. The taxi driver was from another universe. He looked way past retirement, and he drove accordingly. He was on the wrong side of the road for the first few minutes until we pointed it out to him. He then slowly and methodically negotiated the roadwork mayhem from Kochi to the airport. Every now and again he would summon the courage to pass a crawling truck laden with logs, only to pull in and slow down in front of it, so it was forced to overtake us. ... read more

Le blogue est momentanément ressuscité après 6 ans de silence radio! Je débute un voyage familial de trois semaines en Inde et comme je traîne un petit laptop avec moi, il est beaucoup plus facile d’updater le travelblog, alors qu’il fallait par le passé courir les cafés internet (qui ont plus ou moins disparu depuis avec la prolifération du wi-fi). Donc je suis à New Delhi après un très long voyage sur les ailes de KLM. Première fois que je vole avec cette compagnie et c’est plutôt positif. La nourriture était particulièrement délicieuse. Durant le vol entre Amsterdam et Delhi, nous avions la chance d’avoir à bord une « célébrité indienne » qui a fait le tour de l’avion pour signer des orthographes et prendre des photos avec des bébés. Il s’avère qu’il s’agissait d’en membre ... read more

Lectori salutem, (für Deutsch, schau unter) Vrienden, familie en andere geinteresseerden. Welkom op ons blog. Om jullie op de hoogte te houden van wat Nadja en ik aan het doen zijn, hoe het met ons gaat en waar we zijn schrijven we deze blog. Jullie lezers varieren van bezorgde moeders, tot mtv-generatie (Aaron) die graag een klein stukje tekst willen lezen, Zwitsers, Nederlanders en misschien nog wel een Duitser. We proberen iedereen tevreden te stellen en deze blog tweetalig (net als het Eurovisie songfestival) weer te geven. Voor Duits zie hieronder, graag niet te veel commentaar op mijn spelling, de automatische correctie staat op Hindi ingesteld. Comments zijn wel welkom, sterker nog, we zien er naar uit. Mocht je iets prive willen schrijven, dan kan dat altijd naar onze e-mails (Tom Bouwmeester over jeweetwel). Liebe Freunde, ... read more

Travelogue to Dharamshala To reach Dharamshala there is 24x7 bus service from ISBT Kashmiri Gate from where you can book a Volvo, Ac, luxury, deluxe and semi-deluxe bus. We started our journey at night 9:20 by boarding a bus from ISBT Kashmiri Gate. My elder brother booked the ticket in advanced from website of Himachal Roadways. Earlier we thought it would be deluxe non-ac bus but actually it was an AC coach. Afterwards, we began our journey in bus from Delhi to Dharamshala. It took us total 12 hours to reach Dharamshala in between bus stopped at three points for refreshment first at night around 12 pm on highway dhaba, secondly at some mid way and lastly at point where the actual hill start for about 4 hours continuous. This is the third halt point where ... read more

Day 20 - Arrive back in Delhi It was another good overnight train. Probably the cleanest so far! We were on for about 12 hours. It is weird, but you do soon get used to travelling and sleeping on the trains. It was a good nights sleep for all, with no interruptions! We arrived safely back in Delhi in time for breakfast. Ankur led a small group of us to a local spot for breakfast., The Bread of Life cafe, The local favourite is a mini tiffin. I had that for breakfast. It is bits of this and that with a dosa and a cup of coffee. One strange item on the plate was gunpowder! Strange, but I actually enjoyed it! After settling back into The Hotel Perfect, where it all began, Kyla, Jude and I ... read more