On our last full day we went to Connaught Place in New Delhi which they say was modelled on the Royal Crescent in Bath England. It is a set of shops laid out around an inner and an outer circle all built in the Georgian style. If you can put to one side that…
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Food on the Indian Railway – a Tale of What they fed to us as we travelled from Haridwar to Delhi
Today we were to leave our Tour Party and make our own way back to Delhi by train. It was going to be an adventure and the first time in two weeks that we had been left all alone, and to our own devices. It was both liberating, exciting, and slightly daunting all at…
Cheetal Grand on the Khatauli bypass – Masala Dosa Please
We are driving again and this time on the Khatauli bypass on the way to Haridwar from Delhi. This time we have stopped off at a rather nice and well kept place called Cheetal Grand . I know that perhaps I should stop posting about these road side stops, but the thing is that it is…
Gangaur Midway – Another roadside stop on an Indian highway
I love India and I love travelling around the place, but I tell you this for nothing it is hard work! It always seems to be ‘midway to somewhere’ and today that place is Gangaur Midway on NH8, near Neemrana in Rājasthān, India. We are on our way back to Delhi after a couple of fantastic days in Jaipur. It seems…
Chicken Inn – Pandara Road Market, New Delhi
After a mornings sightseeing around New Delhi we found ourselves at The Chicken Inn at Pandara Road Market in New Delhi. It is located in a small shopping square surrounded with other similar restaurants, we walked in, or were we guided in? with instruction to the owners that we needed to be in and out within 20 minutes….
Street Vendors we met while sightseeing in Delhi
Outside the Lotus Temple in South Delhi a bunch of street vendors had set up camp by the main viewing point all ready to grab the trade from the tourists stopping by to get a photograph. Perhaps it was a little wrong that I was more interested in looking at the food and drink on…