STDs.
You see them advertised everywhere in India. They’re posted on banners outside shops, lining highway roadsides, in towns and in busy cities.
To travelers, the abbreviations are misleading. They’re not what we know them as in the U.S.
Delhi, India. Dilapidated havelis, winding souk-like streets congested with workers, rickshaws and merchant shops which sell anything imaginable from saris to electrical appliances– Chandi Chowk is the bustling heart of a 16th century Delhi. The “chowk”, reknown as one of the oldest and (more…)
Just because you don’t see young and hip Delhiites on the streets, doesn’t mean a young and chic urban culture doesn’t exist. Delhi has a nightlife that’s cosmopolitan, gorgeous and happening. My friend, Sandeep took me out for a night on the town. We sped off to Greater Kailash and entered the attractive nightlife of Shalom Lounge and Urban Pind. Both were glowing hotspots dressed in fashionable and classy appeal.
“Finally, a nightclub that redeems the notion of a nightlife in Delhi!”
Urban Pind was my favorite of the two. It was sophistication mixed with Indian cosmopolitan chic. The moment you enter the door, handsome hosts dressed in all white suits stand to greet you. You catch the light breeze of citrus in the air and feel like you’ve walked into elegance! A world away from the dust and pollution outside.
The music is pumping, but not to a deafening level. The faux Khujurao sculptures add to subtle, erotic undertones to the dimmed atmosphere, while (more…)
My red-eye flight with India Air leaves at 1:15 AM tomorrow morning and India Air is allowing me to change my travel dates without an extra fee. In the meanwhile, my hotel is allowing me a late checkout until I figure out what I want to do.
Truthfully, a much as I want to see more of India, the fatigue of scrambling to find my daily bearings in this crash course of solo travel is getting to me. It’s not easy to travel solo 24/7 with last-minute preparations made on-the-fly; at least, not in India and when you’re a newbie to solo travel. I’m excited to be experiencing travel on my own and feel empowered with each passing test. But I’m not used to winging it solo.
I wish I planned better! Momentarily, I seek an oasis of calm, “a moment” of beauty and a bit of spoiled privilege to rejuvenate myself. None offers (more…)
(Note: This hotel has been recently renovated in 2011).
Guesthouses and mid-range budget tourist hotels in India are pretty consistent throughout. Despite the price hikes, you never feel like you’re getting much more for your money. The shift in quality is always subtle.
In Delhi, budget hotels run around $6-20 USD/night and if the sheets or towels don’t look dirty, then you’ll get charged for toilet paper or the pillows will tempt smells of someone’s head. By my third night in Delhi, the waft of urine in the surrounding alleys of noisy Paharghanj got to me. I checked out the government hotels in Connaught Place, but the ones I saw looked either, shady and occupied by too many local men or stifling, (more…)
I’ve hired a driver for a day to sightsee Delhi…
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