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Mirza Ghaleb's tomb on left
The other side of Naubat Khana
Mosque's mihrab - Feb 09
The tomb
Greetings,
We would like to know a rough price to negotiate for cabs to anywhere around the city centre. Would anyone know of a fare we could negotiate with taxis that would get us anywhere around the city centre?
Thanks!
Scott.
Now a days Radio Taxi is available @15Rupees per kilometer in Delhi.
Many thanks!
taxis in delhi cost you rs.800/= per day and will cover 80 km. in 8 hours.
time and distance beyond this be charges extra.
Hi depending on where you are staying, a local taxi operator will give you a taxi on rent for Rs.800/day or 80kms whichever is achieved first. But these taxis are not airconditioned.
For a smoother ride you can contact Avis, Europcar, Hertz or Swift care rentals on the phone nos. prvided on their websites.
Third option is Radio Taxis which are available at following nos.
41414141
43434343
Please prefix 011 if you are dialing from outside delhi or from a cellphone
Best of luck and take care
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The hotel itself is quite fancy, but don't be deterred even if you are a backpacker like we were. The internet café is on the (or one of the) top floor. Ask the doorman, or walk straight in to the elevators. Once in the café, you will be given a queue number, but there are so many computers here that the lines move along quickly.
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Because the Indian style is rushing into the bus as soon as possible, grabbing a seat and buying the ticket ON the bus........ok, we still managed to get a seat, at least half of my butt had a seat for the next 10 hours of night bus ride through the dark.
But since then we adjusted well to the system jumping over kids pushing away the old, the weak and the disabled to get a seat in a darwinistic style - survival of the fittest....
STOP! Of course Im just kidding, but getting a seat can really become an adventure for itself.
According to some tickets in sanskrit which I cant read, the ticket price was 235 Rupees for the 10h ride.
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