Friday, September 20, 2013

Travel to New Delhi


We left Jersey around 1pm on Wednesday afternoon, made the way from highway to highway to JFK International airport and waited another 4 hours to board our flight. After a 9 hour flight we landed in Moscow, Russia. Two meals, one yoga practice, one long nap for Mark, and 7 hours later, we finally boarded our flight to New Delhi. We got to New Delhi at 3am, 2 days after leaving New Jersey. We found our way out to the street to find a cab to our hotel (who knew where that was) and hopped into the smallest car I've ever seen. As soon as we left the airport, I realized we weren't in Kansas anymore. There was traffic. Which meant our cabdriver, weaved his way in and out, dangerously close to the hundreds of other cars, none of which use lanes or any traffic codes. We get to our hotel right before 4am. Hop out, I tip the driver, he shakes Mark's hand and walks right by mine already outstretched to meet his. Finally make our way up to our room and sleep until 5pm the next day. We ordered some eggs and pizza (traditional Indian food) before making our way downstairs for the first time as night already set in. We booked some cabs to the Taj Mahal tomorrow, and another to the Himalayas the day after. Mark's already in bed again. I'm using the last 10 minutes of wifi I have before it runs out and we're left in the blackness and horns of India at night. More soon.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

If you get to Varanasi, look up the Tiwari Lodge, near Asi Ghat. Raju and his wife Rama have an amazingly simple and cool place to stay. GREAT family. They have their own Shiva temple on the grounds :) Tell 'em Scottji sent you :)

And maybe take a peek here: www.FarawayEyes.org for some of my India photos and video. In Video, look up "Mandala" and "From Asi Ghat", two films I made in Varanasi. My bansuri/Indian flute guru - Sohan Lal - plays shehnai and bansuri in both.

What a Great Time to be in India. My favorite months in Varanasi are September/October.

Safe travels
Shanti Om
Scott

Aditi Malhotra said...

Remarkable to get a post where every single line is unfolding about the detailed information that i was searching for my trip to Delhi. Thanks and keep sharing.

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