Delhi, India

Knowing What You're Getting Into
Thursday, November 11, 2010, Delhi, India. By: mala

"They key, it seems at this early junction, to enjoying India is expecting the worst and finding fascination in the chaos. It's not for everyone. It's not for a week's break of rest..."

A Long Flight
Thursday, March 11, 2010, Delhi, India. By: kadavys

"When researching this trip I found that the flight from Chicago ORD to Delhi India is the longest single flight flown by American Airlines. "

The Joy of Making Things Go BANG!!
Friday, January 30, 2009, Delhi, India. By: Damo

"It had long been a dream of mine to combine my love of cricket with India’s obsessive passion for the game, so when I discovered that the Aussies were to be touring the country at ..."

India Week 6: Delhi and triangulation
Friday, January 16, 2009, Delhi, India. By: india2009

"So Mr and Mrs Ganda left us and flew to Mumbai and proceeded on to the old village. We slept on the beach for a couple more days and then got a train and plane to Delhi, landing at..."

And so, the end is near....
Sunday, August 31, 2008, Delhi, India. By: Kathryn

"Hi all, Well this will be my last entry as I leave India tomorrow. I'm back in Delhi and have spent the past few days enjoying the sunshine, the noticable lack of rain, and most..."

Delhi
Thursday, June 12, 2008, Delhi, India. By: letlozz

"Hello! Just a quick entry to let everyone know i arrived in Delhi ok, and am settling in as well as can be expected (Ie,sweating like mad, getting over the shock of the toliet syst..."

Smelly Delhi!!
Thursday, June 12, 2008, Delhi, India. By: Kathryn

"Hi all, I arrived safely in Delhi yesterday and met up with Tim and Laura at our hotel in Pahar Ganj without too much of a problem. It's a pretty basic (i.e. scummy) place but t..."

Beggars and rich bastards
Monday, November 12, 2007, Delhi, India. By: madjulios

"To try and keep some sense of continuity...last time I wrote I had just arrived in Udaipur after landing and had only been in India for a few days. This time I've been here for a c..."

Chak De India!
Wednesday, August 29, 2007, Delhi, India. By: mikl

"On Thursday last week I began a really serious attempt at learning Hindi. It was triggered for the most part by my first consideration of the possibility of returning to India in t..."

Reflections
Tuesday, August 21, 2007, Delhi, India. By: mikl

"I was very pleased to make my first journey in an auto-rickshaw for which I was not ripped off! So pleased in fact that I gave the driver 40Rs (about 55p) anyway despite the trip b..."

Slum Photographs
Friday, August 17, 2007, Delhi, India. By: mikl

"I will keep this short but I think I should paint a slightly clearer picture of the slums in Delhi now that I have more experience of them and have a few photos to show. Looking ba..."

The Slums
Tuesday, August 14, 2007, Delhi, India. By: mikl

"On Friday I was driven to the Maya Puri slum for the first time. Philippa and Sonam, the other two volunteers I share the flat with, were dropped off together first and I was left ..."

First impressions
Sunday, August 12, 2007, Delhi, India. By: mikl

"I arrived at Indira Gandhi International airport here in Delhi at about 23:55 on Wednesday (local time) and so this first journal entry comes after the onslaught of four days adjus..."

Emails from India - 1999
Tuesday, August 24, 1999, Delhi, India. By: philstone

"Subject: Goodbye!!! Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 05:55:34 PDT So, this is finally it, in 8 hours I'll be taking off for India, I don't know when I'll next be able to e-mail you ..."

Understanding India
Tuesday, May 22, 2007, Delhi, India. By: mashman

"For the fourth and final time, I arrived in Delhi, my least favourite city so far. My train pulled into New Delhi train station just as I read another interesting newspaper headli..."

How Many Dhal Baats?
Tuesday, May 01, 2007, Delhi, India. By: mashman

"Dhal Baat, the staple diet of all good Nepalis consisting primarily of rice, lentils and maybe some spicey veg. Fret not good people, in response to ongoing concerns about my le..."

India 2006
Friday, February 10, 2006, Delhi, India. By: chrisrak

"We jetted off to Delhi for a week's tour with On The Go travel. Delhi was just as mad as we thought it would be and after a days tour of the city we headed out to Agra...."

The First Night
Thursday, January 04, 2007, Delhi, India. By: mashman

"Well, arriving in Delhi was somewhat of a culture shock. I jumped in a reasonable looking taxi without any hassle and made for my hotel. Delhi's traffic has a rather lively reput..."

Holy shit - shove me in it!
Tuesday, April 11, 2006, Delhi, India. By: teamhoki

"Olse and Tash say farewell to the Middle East, and our beloved Chinny, and begin our new adventures in India. After 12 hours of travelling through Egypt and a 6 hour stopove..."

Namaste!
Friday, October 28, 2005, Delhi, India. By: nutanp

"I said I would send an update so here it is! Nothing elaborate and long, for I feel pretty lousy at the moment, but a quick check- in. I've been in Delhi only since yesterday, bu..."

Kolkata
Monday, October 02, 2006, Delhi, India. By: aw80sa

"SO, we're off to Calcutta by train today. It's a long one, 18 hours I think, but we can handle that, piece of cake. Well, actually it's Jenna's frist train...ever...and for me it'l..."

Delhi
Monday, September 18, 2006, Delhi, India. By: jandtrish

"We have been in India for nearly 2 weeks now and its taken that long to get used to it. India is a fascinating, bewildering and sometimes absolutely squalid place (Editors Note: I..."

A thank you...
Wednesday, September 27, 2006, Delhi, India. By: aw80sa

"I just want to say thank you to everyone that has left me a message in my guestbook. It is always such an encouragement to know that my friends and the people I care about are stil..."

In India
Monday, September 18, 2006, Delhi, India. By: Jandtrish

"Well, we are finally in India!! And its hot and crazy! We will be udpating our pages soon to let you know what we've been up to over the last week. Indian IT connections are a ..."

Words can't describe
Saturday, September 23, 2006, Delhi, India. By: aw80sa

"India. What comes to mind when you think of India? Poverty? Homeless? Famine? Dirty? Dry? Hot? Markets? Temples? Curry? Snake tamers? Crime? Terrorism? Corruption..."

Ahh!!!
Wednesday, September 20, 2006, Delhi, India. By: aw80sa

"India is CRAZY! I'm alive and well, but dont have time to write tons, too hungry, need food. Need water. Need A/C. Hot..."

Whew
Tuesday, September 19, 2006, Delhi, India. By: aw80sa

"So, I made it, I'm alive and being well taken care of by a man named Mushi whom I met on the plane. I prayed for God to send someone to take care of me and he did. The guy took me ..."

Gert Says "Thank You & Good-Bye" to India
Saturday, August 12, 2006, Delhi, India. By: gertjonnys

"After exploring the State of Rajastan and Cities of Delhi and Agra, I ended with mixed feelings about this part of India. The so-many people, chaos of the cities, pollution and un..."

Controlled Chaos in Delhi........:)
Tuesday, August 01, 2006, Delhi, India. By: gertjonnys

"Not sure if you can use these words, but this is what it felt like on my first day and night in India. After an eight-hour flight from Europe and a little luck meeting two Dutch b..."

signing off in smelly delhi
Thursday, July 27, 2006, Delhi, India. By: guelf

"And so it is. sean and i parted ways of the sorts as he is carrying on with the crazy india adventures hans solo for the next few weeks and i'll be flying on to england for a 10 da..."

India, land of cows & curry
Tuesday, May 23, 2006, Delhi, India. By: thewilsons

"Well, we arrived in the Delhi airport at 3am after 18 hours of travel - we first flew from Beijing to Hong Kong and had a 12 hour layover in Hong Kong airport (which isn't so bad a..."

Back by popular demand...
Friday, May 12, 2006, Delhi, India. By: kev_jen

"Thanks to everyone who emailed asking us if we were still alive. Its nice to know people are actually reading our stories! Without further adieu, and back by popular demand... ..."

India Update
Friday, April 28, 2006, Delhi, India. By: krispy

"Hey Everyone! Well I'm just finishing up my three weeks in India, and it's been awesome! How to sum up India in one word... well... Chaos! But it's great. The streets are hectic an..."

Hi from India: Saturday, December 06, 2003 4:17 PM
Saturday, December 06, 2003, Delhi, India. By: jeanshook

"Hello everyone: I just wanted to let you know we have arrived safely at the Connaught in Delhi. Brandon was beaming as we left for the airport. (There we were, riding down St. ..."

Udaipur
Saturday, February 04, 2006, Delhi, India. By: archandfi

"Udaipur We arrived in Udaipur on Burns night, but nary a Haggis to be found. Nor did Mukesh really seem to get it when we told him about haggis, neeps, tatties, Auld lang Syne, ..."

Delhi
Saturday, February 04, 2006, Delhi, India. By: archandfi

"Delhi We had a one-day tour of Delhi, but the main thing we wanted to see was Swaminarayan Akshardam, a magnificent new temple just outside the city. It's taken 5 years so far t..."

India tour guide recommendation
Saturday, February 04, 2006, Delhi, India. By: archandfi

"India tour guide driver. We arranged a 16 night tour of Rajasthan through Sights India tours just off Janpath, they were recommended by the state tourism office. They organised ..."

Pushkar
Saturday, February 04, 2006, Delhi, India. By: archandfi

"Pushkar On the way to Pushkar we travelled on a big dual-carriageway that goes all the way to Mumbai, but we turned off towards the mountains. They quarry marble here and around..."

Jaipur
Saturday, February 04, 2006, Delhi, India. By: archandfi

"Jaipur The pink city really is pink; the natural orange sandstone is painted pink as the colour of welcome. We'd just missed the kite festival and every tree, telephone and electr..."

Tour of Rajasthan
Saturday, February 04, 2006, Delhi, India. By: archandfi

"Tour of Rajasthan Because we'd dawdled in the South, we were pushed for time to see the big sights of northern India so we blew the budget and booked a tour with driver; see sep..."

Delhi
Tuesday, January 10, 2006, Delhi, India. By: archandfi

"Delhi We took a Spicejet flight Goa to Delhi. It was cheap, delayed and spent 40 minutes circling above Delhi waiting for its place in the queue to land. Archie spent the whole..."

India part 2
Tuesday, October 11, 2005, Delhi, India. By: hmakwana

"The harsh fever just increased as we started our trek to Gaumukh (the source of the Ganga). As the wind became cooler my temperature rose with the altitude and every step felt like..."

yatra
Tuesday, October 11, 2005, Delhi, India. By: hmakwana

"Although far from ready to leave, we had to get back to Oz to fly to India to meet up with our family. Waiting for mum in Rishikesh for over a week was an interesting experience..."