Blogs from National Capital Territory, India, Asia - page 166

I never really had a desire to go to India. Sure I love travelling but had heard too many horror stories about the dreaded 'Delhi-Belly'. Spending a week in a small room with only a newspaper for company was not my idea of fun. I could not have been more wrong. Delhi was awesome and I will definitely return to India. Two weeks is simply not enough time. SPORT WITHIN SOCIETY BACKGROUND It is well known that India’s national sport (obsession) is cricket, with champion players such as Sachin Tendulkar treated as living gods. Other popular sports include hockey, soccer and wrestling. An interesting game is kabbadi, which I was fortunate enough to witness on my visit to a rural village. Kabaddi, a variation of tag, involves two teams of seven in which players take turns ... read more

When I landed in Delhi my main pack was following me, and would have just landed in Bangkok from LAX. This meant that I had to stick around for a while to wait for it to catch up with me. Thai airlines had been great about it and agreed to give me $75 for the trouble. It worked out great in my 19 hours in Bangkok since I never had to worry about a large pack. I had arranged a pick up from the airport and they took me to my guesthouse in Paraganj, where I got a great room with no windows and a fan. This seemed to work out great since there was no noise from outside, and the heat didn't get to come in either, although it was pretty hot! A good deal ... read more

There are just not as many nice things to say about Delhi - I knew I'd hate it. The best part was leaving! On our way to the airport, poor Mike was suffering badly from a hash hangover, brought on by mushing the last of our stash into cookies. (We had to get rid of that stuff somehow.) He was really dragging but I told him that if it meant me hauling him + both our packs singlehandedly to the airport, we were going to make it to our plane outta here! I was a ball of fire! I organized everything - our transport to the city center, a rickshaw to the airport and some quick food. The only place nearby was an English fast-food chain, Wimpy's. We ordered burgers (ground lamb meat and sliced cabbage, ... read more

Entry from the Travel Journal of Nigel Fox ENTRY 42 -- The Iron Sceptre It was the travel arrangements that proved to be the greatest difficulty: although Lahore and Delhi are not far from each other, I arrived three days behind schedule having met up a group of about one hundred Akalis in black turbans, who had marched from Amritsar. They had taken the vow at the Golden Temple that they would not commit a single act of violence, either by word or deed. Extraordinary! My stomach was full of butterflies at the thought of meeting 'him'. My anxiety stemming from not knowing what I would say. Upon arrival, one of his nieces led me to him, telling me I could visit for 24 hours, but I must be like a fly on the wall. She ... read more

1964 Diary Entry "The next morning we got up, got dressed and went down to breakfast. After breakfast Dad ordered a car to take us around Delhi. First of all we went past all the embassys (sic, I won't bother with the "sics" any more; there would be too many of them) and a lot of other buildings. Then we got to an old tower which is about 280 ft high. At the back of the tower there are a lot of arches and old carvings of which were a great interest to me. After looking at these things we got back into the car. Then we drove on. After driving for about ten minutes we stopped at a mosk. These mosks are very interesting and very common in India. After going inside and having a ... read more