Delhi Vacations, Delhi Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

7/14/07 Well the flight to Mumbai and then on to Delhi was fairly boring.  We tried to get a pre-paid taxi to Darshan and Murli’s and had a bit of trouble since there was a huge line of people waiting (and mostly cutting around other waiting people) to hop in cabs.  We finally walked all the way to the back of the line and three different cabbies wouldn’t take us to Shivalik Enclave so finally we just climbed in a guy’s old piece of shit Ambassador (non-AC) for a very hot taxi...

Finally - after all the build up, we make it to India!  I'm not exactly sure what I expected, but this wasn't it.  We spent our first two days in Delhi being driven around by an autorickshaw driver Mr Bill, who when asked to show us the sights of Delhi took us to shops that we concluded are owned by a counsin, an uncle, neighbour or some other obscure relation.  We didn't buy anything and didn't really see anything which is why Delhi is our least favourite place so ...

Namaste! Because some people have been confused by this.... My blog for India is not yet written...hopefully soon! Below are just reviews / travel tips that I thought could be helpful to foreigners travelling to India for the first time. They are based on my experiences and may not apply to every person / every city in India.

Finally, we got to Delhi a day to late. We were in kind of a hurry to see everything we wanted. Everything you've heard about Delhi is probably true. The air pollution is extreme (Trine got an airwaysinfection, and my nostrils were covered in black after one day), people tend to use the streets as a public toilet, the smell is just as you can expect from that, the poverty is enormous, and the traffic is insane. But hey! Let's not get a bad impression of Delhi here! We arrived at th...