The sites of Delhi

Yesterday we had a long day touring the many sites of New and Old Delhi.  We went to the official tourist office, as recommended by the lonely planet (approx. 1,000 unofficial) where we hired a car and guide for 5 days and booked our train tickets to Nepal, all for £180 – bargain.

Sam and I are not big on tourist sites and this long day definitely confirmed it – the expense, queues, security, no photos at many etc. etc. – at least we made the effort and have some half decent pictures in which to remember India.  I was going to write the names and a description of each site, but frankly they are not really that interesting.

Hopefully we will get to see rural India on our tour of the golden triangle (Delhi, Jaipur and Agra).

The Red Fort UNESCO World Heritage Site #2

Mumbai 145

Mumbai 099 

Mumbai 100

Mumbai 114

Mumbai 113

Mumbai 124

Mumbai 149

Mumbai 147

Mumbai 158

Mumbai 138

Mumbai 155

Mumbai 152

Mumbai 123

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5 Responses to “The sites of Delhi”

  1. Geraldine says on August 5th, 2008 at 2:13 pm :

    Oooh I like Sam’s patchwork bag!! (Typical woman, not a mention of the scenery).

  2. Richy says on August 5th, 2008 at 3:08 pm :

    Davey, did that last picture curry give you the dreaded next day?

  3. Tim K says on August 5th, 2008 at 5:50 pm :

    Darren will like the look of that curry…although maybe a touch more coriander is needed !

    I know what you mean about the tourist destinations but there will be some you just can’t miss out on…they have to attract tourists for some reason.

    Lovely photos of the architecture. Well done !

  4. Paul says on August 6th, 2008 at 12:04 am :

    Wow, that curry just looks great. So you on the pepsi….where is the beer?

  5. Linda says on August 11th, 2008 at 12:34 pm :

    Hi both, finally I have accessed your Blog, the pictures are amazing. You both look so relaxed and happy obviously not missing the English summer.

    Shame about India but Nepal seems to be amking up for it.

    ake care of yourselves and I will now be an avid “Blogger”

    Love Linda xx

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