Aug 14 2001- Delhi
Just a few words about Delhi...It is absolutely no where near what we were led to believe. From the time we came out of the airport expecting to be overwhelmed by heat, humidity, smells and people pulling us in all directions to take us to hotels, we were completely and pleasantly surprised.
It was quite warm, 30 degrees centigrade and humid but certainly nothing compared to what we expected. Even later in the day it was not so bad. Only a couple of guys approached us - it was worse in Greece when we got off the ferry each time being bombarded!
And the city is far from beautiful but no where near the shock we were told to expect.
We finally fell asleep and I slept very well. This morning we got out late....(Oh, last evening we out to find a restaurant and it rained-but it was very pleasant. Like rain in the summer in New York. Very cooling and pleasant. We enjoyed it.
This morning we got out late and again it was raining so instead of checking out the market here in the area, we took and auto-rickshaw to an underground market, Palika Market I think, and I bought my clothes for the rest of the trip. One thing about India and bargaining...what a laugh..but you really have to be good at it to get a good price, and my friend A. is a champ!
In one store she bought jewelry at about 1/4 the originally quoted price...and in the clothing store, I bought clothes which originally cost 3000 rupees for 1600. She says if we would have stayed longer she would have gotten them down even lower...but I was very satisfied and got lots of nice stuff for the price. It is 160 shekel which is $40. I got a full shalwar kameez (three pieces, pants, long dress top and scarf, 3 pair of pants and 4 blouses!
She then saw something she wanted which had the original asking price of 5250 rupees.. She paid 1600 rupees for it!! And there is a big sign there saying "This is a fixed price store...do not waste your time bargaining"! We all had a good laugh at that one including the owners who were very sweet and it was a pleasure to shop there. I really had fun!
we then ate in a nice but expensive restaurant (two full meals including coffee and desert and drinks and entree and 2 main dishes for the whopping price of 400 rupee...40 shekel...$10, and we felt we had spent too much money as this is expensive here for food. But it was very nice eating there Nirula's, and we will probably go back at least once more.
Then we were exhausted and decided to come home and that is it for today. We are feeling wonderful, walking around in Delhi is alot more comfortable than Pardes Channa in Israel at this time of the year. The rain is beautiful. We are relaxed and happy and tired. Tomorrow we go for a full day trip to Agra to see the Taj Mahal so don't know when I will write again. l will try on Thursday before we leave for Leh
It was quite warm, 30 degrees centigrade and humid but certainly nothing compared to what we expected. Even later in the day it was not so bad. Only a couple of guys approached us - it was worse in Greece when we got off the ferry each time being bombarded!
And the city is far from beautiful but no where near the shock we were told to expect.
We finally fell asleep and I slept very well. This morning we got out late....(Oh, last evening we out to find a restaurant and it rained-but it was very pleasant. Like rain in the summer in New York. Very cooling and pleasant. We enjoyed it.
This morning we got out late and again it was raining so instead of checking out the market here in the area, we took and auto-rickshaw to an underground market, Palika Market I think, and I bought my clothes for the rest of the trip. One thing about India and bargaining...what a laugh..but you really have to be good at it to get a good price, and my friend A. is a champ!
In one store she bought jewelry at about 1/4 the originally quoted price...and in the clothing store, I bought clothes which originally cost 3000 rupees for 1600. She says if we would have stayed longer she would have gotten them down even lower...but I was very satisfied and got lots of nice stuff for the price. It is 160 shekel which is $40. I got a full shalwar kameez (three pieces, pants, long dress top and scarf, 3 pair of pants and 4 blouses!
She then saw something she wanted which had the original asking price of 5250 rupees.. She paid 1600 rupees for it!! And there is a big sign there saying "This is a fixed price store...do not waste your time bargaining"! We all had a good laugh at that one including the owners who were very sweet and it was a pleasure to shop there. I really had fun!
we then ate in a nice but expensive restaurant (two full meals including coffee and desert and drinks and entree and 2 main dishes for the whopping price of 400 rupee...40 shekel...$10, and we felt we had spent too much money as this is expensive here for food. But it was very nice eating there Nirula's, and we will probably go back at least once more.
Then we were exhausted and decided to come home and that is it for today. We are feeling wonderful, walking around in Delhi is alot more comfortable than Pardes Channa in Israel at this time of the year. The rain is beautiful. We are relaxed and happy and tired. Tomorrow we go for a full day trip to Agra to see the Taj Mahal so don't know when I will write again. l will try on Thursday before we leave for Leh
posted by Jane @ 5:41 PM
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