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A rickshaw ride through the Old Delhi city is definitely a thing to do. I would recommend chosing the modern iron body rickshaws instead of the old ones made with a combination of bamboo, wood and iron, as the former are more steady and comfortable and as many as 4 mature people can fit it. Rickshaw fares in Delhi are pretty cheap and a whole trip of the entire Chandni Chowk area (where you have a free guide, the rickshaw puller) will cost you only Rs. 150 for 1 person, and may go up to Rs 400 for 4. But its definitely worth it. there are around 40 things to see in and around Chandni Chowk and that's a very small price to pay for that. And more importantly, no other vehicle (other than bikes) would be allowed in that area.
The nicely decorated rickshaws are also a thing to see and experience.
Written Feb 1, 2009
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http://www.salaambaalaktrust.com/street_walk_delhi.asp
On this web page you can find out about a guided walk by former street kids who are now part of Salaam Baalak trust, an NGO that helps street kids in Delhi.
The walk lasts between 1 and 2 hours and takes you around the train station, Paharganj and to one of the centers where the children are housed and educated. Cost is Rs 200 but larger donations are welcome.
Contact for Bookings: Phone : 9873130383 (Shekhar), 9810975284 (Javed) Email : salaamwalk@yahoo.com
Enjoy!
Seyyal
Written Jan 11, 2008
Address: New Delhi train station, Paharganj
Phone: 9873130383 (Shekhar), 9810975284
Website: http://www.salaambaalaktrust.com/street_walk_delhi.asp
This fella was tame (first photo shown) - he didn't chase you and he wasn't selling chess sets. But woe betide the person who pointed a camera at him and his snake, as his assistant suddenly turned up and started pestering you for money. Yup, hawkers in India have hundreds of novel methods for extracting money from tourists, ranging from pestering, goading, nuisance, skulduggery, forgery, paying taxi drivers to take them to shops instead of hotels and...
...well, I wouldn't want to be chased by his snake!!! Cobras are poisonous, especially when they haven't been paid.
As regards Indian electricals, everything they say is true. Just hope it works and the switch isn't wired up wrong. This picture was taken in my hotel behind the dressing room table. The English Prince Phillip on seeing some dodgy wiring in Scotland once commented it must have been done by an Indian. No offence meant to Indians, but this was not the only example - you'll have to wait until the Jaipur page for the best one.
Written Oct 28, 2007
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Connaught Place, built in 1931, named after the Duke of Connaught, a member of the British royal family is one of Delhi's most popular shopping centres. There is nothing that one cannot buy here. It also has several eating-houses. The state emporia buildings are also located in this area so are the head offices of major banks, airlines and other such things of importance to the tourist. The complex, popularly referred to as CP, is an important meeting point for all sections of people and is something. Even tourist don't miss it for nothing else then for its architecture and the humdrum of everyday life.
Written Sep 26, 2007
Address: New Delhi
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Even if you’re not staying in Pahar Ganj (Main Bazaar), its well worth walking down here from New Delhi Station as you get a taste of Delhi life in just one street. Cows walk around and do what cows do, people rush around pushing carts of goods, rickshaws cycle down the road, tourists shop and wander around whilst the normal chaos of everyday Delhi going’s on continues.
Updated Mar 14, 2007
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Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker were assigned the task of constructing a new Delhi as Britain's new imperial capital of India. The Jewel in the Empire's crown...
Their main objective was to produce an architecture that borrowed from local traditions and yet produced a statement of colonial power. The new city was designed around the central line which ran through the middle of the Raj Path from the gates of Rashtrapati Bhawan to India Gate.
Updated Mar 3, 2007
Website: http://www.boloji.com/architecture/00047a.htm
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In the opposite of the streets of Old Delhi, very small and crowded, Connaught Palace is the touristic and shopping center in New Delhi, with big streets, not so crowded and with less traffic and pollusion.
You will immediately detect the difference beetween the two parts of the city.
Written Jan 11, 2005
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This is the tipical view of a crowed street of Old Delhi. Took this picture on the side of the great mosuque in Old Delhi...Do you see that rivier of people?!
Wow! That’s simply crazy...Is already a deal be able to walk in that hell!
Written Jan 11, 2005
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Is on the streets that you will start to feel the real smell of India, and Old Delhi is the greatest place where to start!.
The streets are simply black, durty, fullfilled of people and cowes wherever, people that calls you billion times, altough you do not watch them...children that simply walk up and down to those streets, chai seller on the streets, biri smokers on the streets....
This is India...
All is done on the street, and if you do not watch it, or at least try to understand it, I guess you are losing something on the way!.
Written Jan 11, 2005
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This is the Delhi you find on the streets, in the bazaars, in the interaction with its people. You can't say "I have been there..." for any place if you haven't chosen to interact with the people.
Paharganj's Main Bazaar, touristy but still very real in its setting is a good starting point. The presence of other tourists around makes you feel more comfortable.
Connaught place is the city center, here one can find all the shops one needs. Be it a continental food restaurant, an espresso cafe, an English bookshop, everything.
Dilli Haat (i am not so sure about the spelling) is also a great place to spend a day. It combines handicrafts and food from different parts of India.
Chandni Chowk is another great bazaar. In its "dodgy" looking, convoluted alleys you might get lost, you might think "I am crazy to be here" but in the end you will be rewarded, I am sure. If you are a good looking woman, chances are that you are gonna get your behind pinched more than once!
Written Dec 11, 2003
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