You've gotta love jet lag. We woke up every hour and at 5:30 am decided we were good to go. We ate breakfast in the hotel restaurant and then headed out, eager to find our way to the subway. Similar to Bangkok, Delhi is far from being a pedestrian friendly city. You are constantly dodging potholes, downed electrical wires, dog shit, human urine, rickshaws, auto rickshaws, cars, trucks, and people who want to be your "friend". Sue is convinced that even with all of these obstacles, walking is still safer than being in a vehicle on the road. Me? I don't think so.
The Delhi Metro was approximately a one mile walk from our hotel and as we got such an early start it wasn't very busy. The more subways that you experience, the more you see that the TTC could use improvements. It is clean, efficient, automated, and very inexpensive. But I guess the money the local government saves by doing absolutely nothing at street level, allows them to spend more beneath the streets.
We made our way to Red Fort. This is an incredible place. The fort was completed in 1648 and served as home to the emperor and his successors until 1857. The wall around the fort is made of sandstone, has a total length of over 2 kms and is 98 feet tall in places. Very cool!
After touring the fort we were back out on the streets. Some things make you shake your head. I saw two animal ambulances today. Their job is to be on the lookout for stray dogs that are injured. Meanwhile, we walked past dozens of people who are suffering. We are sure that one of the guys we walked past was dead. Hmmmmm......good for the dogs!
I took this video walking down a quiet lane way in an attempt to stay out of the line of fire.
When we got back in our neighborhood we sat down for a coffee at our new favourite coffee shop. How embarrassing is it that we are calling it our coffee shop and we have only
been here two days?
We ate dinner at Punjabi Grill. Who knew black lentils could taste so good???
Have a great day!
The Delhi Metro was approximately a one mile walk from our hotel and as we got such an early start it wasn't very busy. The more subways that you experience, the more you see that the TTC could use improvements. It is clean, efficient, automated, and very inexpensive. But I guess the money the local government saves by doing absolutely nothing at street level, allows them to spend more beneath the streets.
We made our way to Red Fort. This is an incredible place. The fort was completed in 1648 and served as home to the emperor and his successors until 1857. The wall around the fort is made of sandstone, has a total length of over 2 kms and is 98 feet tall in places. Very cool!
After touring the fort we were back out on the streets. Some things make you shake your head. I saw two animal ambulances today. Their job is to be on the lookout for stray dogs that are injured. Meanwhile, we walked past dozens of people who are suffering. We are sure that one of the guys we walked past was dead. Hmmmmm......good for the dogs!
I took this video walking down a quiet lane way in an attempt to stay out of the line of fire.
When we got back in our neighborhood we sat down for a coffee at our new favourite coffee shop. How embarrassing is it that we are calling it our coffee shop and we have only
been here two days?
We ate dinner at Punjabi Grill. Who knew black lentils could taste so good???
Have a great day!
cool video, hope u do more stuff like that. Don't they have kleenex there?!
ReplyDeletewow... already seems like a trip of a lifetime... kudus to both of you... have fun, be safe and get your butts home!!! BTW.. any day spas in Dehli? LOL
ReplyDeleteI agree with Derek, that was gross when the guy snorted on the sidewalk. I guess that's not too bad compared to what else is on the streets.....
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