Visiting Delhi
In Delhi, I visited the following places: Qutub Minar built by Qutub-ud-Din Aibek in 1199.
My favorite spot to visit in Delhi was Gandhi Smriti, where Gandhi lived his last 144 days.
I stopped by the key government houses, giant sandstone palaces by the British Raj. The President's House, Parliament House, Government Secretariat Buildings were huge and occupied a space that looked larger than the U.S. capitol Mall.
Going down the road from the government offices laid out in a symmetrical French-style city plan was India Gate (War Memorial Arch). There, I saw Red Bull and Formula One had race cars racing in central Delhi, burning rubber in an exhibition race. Here's a video.
I also visited Raj Ghat and Shanti Vana, the cremation sites of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, Jama Masjid, and drove past Red Fort. With only 1 day in Delhi and having flown in that morning, I didn't have time to check out the fort. But I would later visit Amber Fort in Jaipur and Agra Fort in Agra.
I avoided Connaught Place shopping center because of my limited time in Delhi, and I'm not that into shopping. As a guidebook, I used The Rough Guide to India (8th edition published in 2011). This guidebook provides a lot of good tips and travel advice.
Delhi was the first stop in my Golden Triangle Tour with Vogue Travels. I'd recommend Vogue Travels for planning a trip to Northern India--more on them in a later post.
My favorite spot to visit in Delhi was Gandhi Smriti, where Gandhi lived his last 144 days.
I stopped by the key government houses, giant sandstone palaces by the British Raj. The President's House, Parliament House, Government Secretariat Buildings were huge and occupied a space that looked larger than the U.S. capitol Mall.
Going down the road from the government offices laid out in a symmetrical French-style city plan was India Gate (War Memorial Arch). There, I saw Red Bull and Formula One had race cars racing in central Delhi, burning rubber in an exhibition race. Here's a video.
I also visited Raj Ghat and Shanti Vana, the cremation sites of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, Jama Masjid, and drove past Red Fort. With only 1 day in Delhi and having flown in that morning, I didn't have time to check out the fort. But I would later visit Amber Fort in Jaipur and Agra Fort in Agra.
I avoided Connaught Place shopping center because of my limited time in Delhi, and I'm not that into shopping. As a guidebook, I used The Rough Guide to India (8th edition published in 2011). This guidebook provides a lot of good tips and travel advice.
Delhi was the first stop in my Golden Triangle Tour with Vogue Travels. I'd recommend Vogue Travels for planning a trip to Northern India--more on them in a later post.
