New Delhi,
We have arrived in the capital of India, feeling very unmotivated, fatigued, frustrated & overwhelmed. For various reasons, we haven't enjoyed India as much as we expected. The negative's seem to weigh us down & the prospects of leaving our private hostel room are bleak.
We have a few things to do in preparation for jumping continents on Thursday & we are willing to give New Delhi a try. Monday we walk down the street & catch the metro to a local mall. The metro in Delhi is like the metros we have used in other places & presents no challenges. The mall is confusing with its layout & facilities. We walk around for a bit, fail to find what we are looking for, get a coffee & buy a few beers & a bottle of whiskey, then head back to the hostel on foot. The metro won't let you ride with alcohol, even though it is obviously sealed.
The streets of Delhi near our hostel are as gross as imaginable. The cement, if in existence is cracked & smashed providing a real hazard. The rubbish & smell is phenomenal, as is the motorbikes, rickshaws, tuk tuk's & cars competing for room on the sidewalk despite the crowds of people. Thankfully the cows are absent, but the street dogs are still seen. There is a lot of pushing & shoving, I have a genuine fear for the integrity of my feet when walking through Delhi. We locate a pizza store, burger store & a subway close to our hostel that appear to be clean, with staff wearing hair nets & gloves. These stores would provide our sustenance for the time we have in Delhi. I am no longer willing to eat Indian food for fear of getting sick.
It isn't soon enough before we arrive back at our hostel room. The mood is that of frustration & uncomfortability. The day of our departure can't come quick enough.
We spend most of our remaining time in our air conditioned hostel room, ordering delivery food, drinking whiskey & watching movies on the TV provided.
Although it seems a waste of time while in a foreign country, I can't force myself to want to experience or explore anything else.
Unfortunately the wifi signal won't reach into our room & is poor quality for blogging. We have also had issues with the air con not working, the usual black out's & a need to dead lock the door because hostel staff know the entry code & barge into our room for apparently no reason.
I don't think I would recommend this place.
The RnR in Delhi has been really good for us. Travelling is exhaustive & we've still got so much more to see & do around the world. Unfortunately you won't love every country you visit.
We have a few things to do in preparation for jumping continents on Thursday & we are willing to give New Delhi a try. Monday we walk down the street & catch the metro to a local mall. The metro in Delhi is like the metros we have used in other places & presents no challenges. The mall is confusing with its layout & facilities. We walk around for a bit, fail to find what we are looking for, get a coffee & buy a few beers & a bottle of whiskey, then head back to the hostel on foot. The metro won't let you ride with alcohol, even though it is obviously sealed.
The streets of Delhi near our hostel are as gross as imaginable. The cement, if in existence is cracked & smashed providing a real hazard. The rubbish & smell is phenomenal, as is the motorbikes, rickshaws, tuk tuk's & cars competing for room on the sidewalk despite the crowds of people. Thankfully the cows are absent, but the street dogs are still seen. There is a lot of pushing & shoving, I have a genuine fear for the integrity of my feet when walking through Delhi. We locate a pizza store, burger store & a subway close to our hostel that appear to be clean, with staff wearing hair nets & gloves. These stores would provide our sustenance for the time we have in Delhi. I am no longer willing to eat Indian food for fear of getting sick.
It isn't soon enough before we arrive back at our hostel room. The mood is that of frustration & uncomfortability. The day of our departure can't come quick enough.
We spend most of our remaining time in our air conditioned hostel room, ordering delivery food, drinking whiskey & watching movies on the TV provided.
Although it seems a waste of time while in a foreign country, I can't force myself to want to experience or explore anything else.
Unfortunately the wifi signal won't reach into our room & is poor quality for blogging. We have also had issues with the air con not working, the usual black out's & a need to dead lock the door because hostel staff know the entry code & barge into our room for apparently no reason.
I don't think I would recommend this place.
The RnR in Delhi has been really good for us. Travelling is exhaustive & we've still got so much more to see & do around the world. Unfortunately you won't love every country you visit.
- Alli
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