THIS is India: OLD DELHI & NEW DELHI

Sunday, April 1, 2012

We made it!

We made it!

We're in India at last!

Monday, April 2, 2012

We woke up this morning in

Delhi, India!!!

Started the day off right with.....

poolside yoga in INDIA (pinch me now, folks)!!

We (finally) met our tour director, Vivek,

of Elegant Journeys

and boarded our (comfortable) van

for the day's journey through

New and Old Delhi!

Meet our tour guide for the day, Harry!

On the agenda today:

1. A visit to the old walled city in Old Delhi.

2. A drive past the Red Fort.

3. Take a traditional cycle rickshaw ride in the back streets of Chandni Chowk (OMG - AWESOME!!).

4. Visit India's largest mosque, Jama Masjid.

5. Tour Raj Ghat, a simple and stunning memorial to Mahatma Gandhi.

6. Explore New Delhi's Lodhi Garden and the 12th century Qutub Minar (a World Heritage Site), the exquisite Humayun's Tomb (a World Heritage Site), built in 1570 (the first garden tomb on the Indian subcontinent).

7. Drive past the elegant government buildings blending Indian and European styles - the India Gate and Rashtrapati Bhawan, and the Presidential Palace.

OMG, it was a fabulous

(and busy and HOT)

day in Delhi!

Words simply cannot describe THIS is India!

So pictures (lots and lots of pictures)

will have to suffice!

We were POOPED

after our day

seeing Old Delhi and New Delhi!

So we jammied up

and enjoyed a wonderful dinner a la room service!!

And that concluded day one of....

THIS IS INDIA!!*!!