Delhi, India - Day 1
We arrived in Dehli International Airport around 12pm and shared a Taxi with a lovely Guy from Israel who was also staying in the Karol Bagh area. Taxi cost around 250 Rupees which is our first taste of how cheap India is! The guest house we stayed at was called Wood Castle – a nice place but nothing special and after unpacking we headed out to explore the crazy city.
We took the metro line from Karol Bagh to Connaught place and found the Indian Tourist Board who said we could get a private car for the day for around 900rp, and whilst this again sounded very cheap, we decided it’s not right to see a city like this from the comfort of a air-conditioned car, so we opted for tuk tuk instead!
We arrived in our luxury (yeh right) tuk tuk at the Humayan Tomb around 2pm. The heat was like nothing we’d ever experienced before. Thankfully Jamie’s brother owns a surf clothing website in the UK – Extreme Sports Trader and he hooked us up with whole load of board shorts and flip flops...which were very much appreciated! We paid 40rp to enter the tomb grounds and once inside we found plenty of shade in the shadows of the high stone walls and various monuments. The place was beautiful and a far cry from the hustle and bustle of the Indian streets on the other side of the walls.
We moved on to a place called Hazrat Nizam-ud-din Dargah (yes it was a bit of mouthful and I can’t pronounce it right to this day!). Thankfully the tuk tuk driver knew what we meant and we found a lovely shrine to one of the Hindu gods (there is over 1 million apparently) and we spoke to lots of locals who were paying homage. We stayed as the deep red sun set over the city and headed back to the hotel for some much need jet-lag aided sleep.
