New Delhi
I arrived in New Delhi in March of 2007. India was not necessarily a place I had always wanted to go to. I wanted to go somewhere and the opportunity came along to join a friend on a trip to India and I took it. After a very long flight I arrived and soon wondered where I was. At the time, India was unlike any place that I had traveled to. The stimulation was immediate from the brightness of color in the women’s garments, the difference in the architecture, the sound of prayer, the constant honking of horns in the streets, the common sight of wandering cows and monkeys, the smell of new foods, incense, and cow dung, and the experience of really tasting Indian food for the first time for every meal. It has been the most different place I have been to so far and I believe the one trip I was the most unprepared for. I am not sure how I could of prepared myself really for half the experience was the shock of a whole new world. I believe you can look at photos of a place and think you understand the differences but one of the greatest things about travel in my opinion is that you realize you could of never understood these differences until you have experienced them firsthand. I had a great tour guide named Anil who took us on a tour of New Delhi. I went to the Red Fort, Humayun’s Tomb, and the Jama Masjid Mosque. My favorite would be the mosque. It was nice to go in and watch the people praying. There is something about people in prayer that is comforting. The religion does not matter because it is always interesting for me to watch.
The Red Fort
At the Red Fort
I love this type of architecture
Walking in the streets of New Delhi
People praying at the Jama Masjid Mosque
In front of Humayun’s Tomb
Humayun’s Tomb
You can find more photos from this trip at www.ariagiovanni.com
September 22nd, 2008 at 8:22 pm
i have a statue of shiva and its very detailed, i heard they have alot of details into their design in archeicture, and their temples sometimes have a theme like the monkey temple and the mouse temple, to me its crazy to live with so many people, and outside in some areas there are man eating tigers, i saw a movie on it in museum of natural history, but to be honesy india and its history is too large to take in on one trip, i couldnt do the vegan thing, and all the poisonous animals, snakes and spiders would make me uncomfortable sleeping, the question is did a monkey steal your soda and did you see any elephants, i know india has the most accurate sundial atrological clock building, and teh taj has two taj’s ones th ereflection in the water across the way, just think the old buildings were made by man and elephant and they cut stone with wood and water
November 9th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
when is your next visit to india or delhi ? can i meet you if you give me an oppointment?