Blogs from New Delhi, National Capital Territory, India, Asia - page 120

We took a tuk tuk To see the India Gate Wow it's impressive! Just a quick entry since I've been very, very lazy in updating my blog...just wanted to let all know that I'm having an amazing time here in India. Today I took it pretty easy. I did a little bit of sightseeing with Robyn and David. After a bit of negotiation with the auto rickshaw driver we were on our way to see India Gate...well sort of. The driver had to check in with his brother...I think he wanted to double check where it was he was going to be taking us. The India Gate is a concrete memorial for all Indian soldiers. It is quite an impressive structure that my pictures cannot do justice partly because it is so sunny out today. It ... read more

Crowded, crowded bus. No sense of personal space Packed in like sardines. I had my first taste of riding a public bus in New Delhi. Now this is something that I'll never forget. The 13 of us jam onto an already crowded bus. Translink could learn a few things about getting people to "move to the back of the bus" because we were really jam packed...no room to move. But I must admit it did make it easier to stay standing on a moving bus when we were all jam packed in there! The longer we were on the bus, the less crowded it got and I eventually even got a seat to sit down on! When I was able to see out of the window I saw some different sights. Like the row of men's ... read more

So Final thoughts and reflections on India before my flight back to America tonight... Seeing the Taj Mahal was a perfect way to end the trip. The Taj was one of the few things that was incredibly beautiful in its form and symmetry that made me catch my breath. Other places and sights were beautiful but not awe inspiring unfortunately. At the train station, I just happened to meet a couple from San Francisco and while I was sitting with them these Indian girls came up to us. Their sincerity and generosity overwhelmed me as they came up to us (after introducing themselves) and let us sample burfi (milklike fudge) and then gave us an entire unopened box of petha (candied pumpkin). These people had just met us yet treated us like old friends and didn't ... read more

Hi all, We have a few pictures to show you of some of the things we've seen and done over the last few days. No Delhi Belly as yet which is just as well as we are just going to sit through a Bollywood movie! Love Cindy and James... read more

Well our first night in India was not the most welcoming one. We arrived to the new delhi airport at around 12:30, got a cab to our hostel we booked to find there was no room. we were taken to a 24 hour tourist center, where a gentleman tried to sell us his entire travel package for india. we explained we only wanted a hotel for the night, but alas, he told us all the hotels were booked..we would be better to get on a train that night to go to another city. i asked to speak to some hotels directly, as we were both quite suspicious of all of delhi being conveniently booked. the fellow became quite offended that we didn't trust him. this went on for hours. eventually, he found one spot left in ... read more