Vacation catch-up - Delhi

My father, Chuck, and my friend Milos came to visit me for two weeks in early December and due to having nearly 1000 photos and being extremely busy, I have until now neglected to post about the experience. We spent a week in the middle of their visits all traveling together to Delhi, Agra, and Varanasi.

Delhi was our first stop. We flew there and stayed in the ritzy Connaught Place. One day we went to Old Delhi.

We took the uber snazzy Metro, which has a futuristic look with its metal seats, digital signs, and clean appearance. The only difficulty is the lines/queues for the tokens and for exiting at each stop, as well as the moshpit-quality-shoving that you experience getting on the train.


I showed them around the streets of Chandi Chowk in Old Delhi as best as I could remember. We all got a bit overwhelmed by the narrow alleys filled with people, cyclerikshaws, motorbikes, vendors, smells, sounds, sights, but sensory overload is sometimes just part of the experience of India.





We went to the Red Fort on the way to Jama Masjid, and walked along the gate the whole length of the building.



We went to Jama Masjid, a gorgeous mosque in Old Delhi.