We landed in Delhi at 3pm Delhi time on Tuesday afternoon. Even though the 14 hours went quickly, by the time we got into Delhi, we were not feeling so great. But we were in India and we were going to go full speed anyway.
The Delhi airport experience wasn't much different then any other state side airport so in many ways it didn't even feel like we were in a different country. Most signs were still in English and everything was pretty modern. We didn't have any problems getting through everything and since we packed everything in a carry on, it took us no time to meet up with our tour guide, Bhanu. By the time we headed to the bus there were about 12 of us. It was a bit of a relief for Jed and I since we thought we were going to be taking this tour with only 3 other people.
As we headed out to our bus, the heat just hits you. It feels like you have walked into a sauna. We knew it would be hot so we felt like we were ready for this weeks adventure.
Our first stop was to our hotel, The Park. It was a great hotel right in the middle of everything. When we first got there, we didn't realize it was in the middle of everything but after getting into our room and getting our luggage, we decided to go exploring.
By the time we had started to explore it was around the time that we would expect people to be getting off of work. There was a bus stop right in front of the hotel and tons of people get on and off the buses.
There were a ton of open air markets, little stands along the street, and people making all kinds of different kinds of street food. It was a little overwhelming with all the people, things to see, and lots of people coming to us and trying to "help". Please would walk blocks with us trying to get us to pay them to help us figure out what to do, where to go and every thing in between. We were nice to anyone that approached but that didn't always get us where we wanted cause they just stayed with us. Everyone spoke English so the language barrier really didn't affect them.
We ended up finding Central Park in Connaught Place. There were tons of couples hanging out on the grass which was surprising because we didn't think we would see much PDA but it looked like the younger generations are not as traditional.
There were quite a few street markets that we wondered through. It was interesting because they had medal detectors that you had to walk through as you wanted in or walked out but I am not sure they were working and no one was there even if they were. But we made our way through just too see what we could find.
After a few hours of exploring we decided it was time for dinner. Both our guide, Bhanu & the hotel recommended a restaurant called Pind Balluchi.
It was a really cool place. The food was great and the atmosphere was so fun. It felt like we were eating outside but it wasn't 100 degrees.
By the time dinner was put on the table we were both starting to fall asleep so after we finished, we made out way back to the hotel to call it a night. We had a big day the next day so we were excited to get started.
No comments:
Post a Comment