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Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi May 20th 2005

Hey everyone! My trip to New Delhi was somewhat of a short one, and pretty unexciting (I didn't do too much...actually since I have been a little sick....i haven't been doing much at all...save reading, I'm going through like 3 books a week) but I will be returning, and will have plenty of time to get a better feel for Delhi. While I was there I took it easy, I was still recovering from what ever sickness I had picked up in Varanasi. Delhi was a large and busy city, but cleaner then Varanasi. I did some shopping, went to the Red Fort (see pics) and just kind of wandered around the city. One day I found a restaurant that had Air Condition (the first time I had experience AC since I was in Thailand)....what a ... read more

Down and dirty in Delhi

Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi May 16th 2005

Bunny Boiling

Mark and his bag

Delhi (Paraganj) - lets say overwhelming - it was hot, smoggy, smelly and overpopulated. Under different circumstances we'd have stayed longer but as I (Mark) had a cold and chesty cough we decided my life expectancy would improve with a move - to Shimla. Luckily we bumped into a very nice Kashmiri bloke called Niaz (technically he 'bumped' into us) who runs a small travel agency in Delhi. Seeing a chance to get stress free tickets to Shimla we had a few beers with him and went back the next day to arrange the tickets. One hour later we left with two tickets to Srinigar (northern Kashmir) and a week stay on his uncles house boat on Dal lake - now that's a salesman! ... read more

made it

Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi May 4th 2005

I remember when all this used to be fields

David and Tanuja

I think after illness and several rearranged flights there might have been a sniff of an upgrade for us when we finally arrived at the Virgin check-in desk but, alas, it was not to be. We flew in a near empty plane through the night, enjoyed what will probably be the worst Indian food we’ll have for the next 4 months and arrived without problem at Delhi airport. The Virgin flight is one of the only ones to arrive in Delhi before lunchtime, so the airport was deserted. Delhi is also enjoying a few days of unusual cooler, wet weather so there was none of the hot, sticky chaos that Tanuja’s entire family had been warning me about for weeks. Tanuja’s cousin whisked us straight into a cab which made the whole arriving in India experience ... read more

Last days in New Delhi

Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi April 20th 2005

Overnight train with the Kumars

Bon Bon on the Go Go

Starting where I left off last...my cabin mates...the Kumars (almost sounds like a TV show!) were really great. Raj was quite the chit chatty one trying to name drop some friends and definitely name dropped placed around the World! He's an "Astro Numerologist. Specialist in Gesture Reading." Wow, that's an interesting profession. I thought it would be rude to ask for a reading but he did ask me my birthday and later told me that I have a nice aura. Wow! Now that is very flattering. He was almost floored when I told him that I wasn't married. LOL Guess being over 30 and unmarried in India would floor anyone. :) Rakha, Raj's wife was really friendly too. They had tons of snacks that their well wishers gave to them and kept offering me food to ... read more

28) Delhi - the metropolis of contrasts

Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi April 14th 2005

Old Delhi street chaos

Stephan and Klaudia

Finally it had to be - we were on our way to the Indian capital. We arrived at Delhi’s outskirts at a reasonable hour - 6 p.m. - and thought we would again se a hotel at daylight. How wrong we were! From there to the bus stand in Old Delhi it took us another three hours! We have no idea about the actual distance we covered in that time, but the roads were terribly congested most of the time. Maybe the situation will get better because they are building a lot of multi-lane roads into the city as well as new underground lines. By the time we really arrived, we were already exhausted, but this was not the end of our odyssey yet. The bus stand was like no one we had seen before in ... read more

I'm going to Bollywood!

Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi April 11th 2005

India Gate in New Delhi.

Bon Bon on the Go Go

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

Back to New Delhi

Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi April 10th 2005

Bon Bon on the Go Go

Dirty in Delhi Back where we started the tour Where I met Robyn. We got back to Delhi in the morning and dropped off our stuff into one of the day rooms since my own personal room was not yet made up. Instead of just hanging around the hotel doing nothing I decided to join Mel and Rachel on a little trip out to Connaught Place. Apparently nothing is open on Sunday before noon other than some street vendors. Oh well. Got me out and about. The group all met up for lunch for one final goodbye. We went to the sweets shop around the corner and had a mini thali. Best value for your rupee! So much food for only 60 Rs. After lunch there were quite a few goodbyes. Then a few of us, ... read more

Is this Culture Shock??

Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi March 28th 2005

Making Chappati..

Bon Bon on the Go Go

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

India...new experiences

Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi March 27th 2005

Cow!

Bon Bon on the Go Go

Day one. New Delhi. Wander the streets with new pals. Culture shock is here? Yet again a mix of emotions when leaving Bangkok. Sad to say good bye to Thailand. Excited to see what India had in store for me. Anxious because I was about to fly off to a new country that I have never visited and wasn't sure what to expect. I once again was the last person from my tour to depart from the Vieng Tai Hotel, my home on and off for the last 5 weeks. I bet the hotel staff there were wondering when I was gonna leave. haha I was really lucky to have started talking to Hammid at the airport while waiting to board our flight. She is originally Burmese but grew up in Washington, DC. She'll be working ... read more

Leaving India on a jet plane...

Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi February 13th 2005

Taj Mahal

Lauralee

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

Brief history of India

The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in...more history

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