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[koshkha, 09/12/2007] Finding a hotel in Delhi is never a simple matter. At one end of the scale you have the super-luxury international 5-stars for those with deep pockets or company expense accounts. Moving from the sublime to the ridiculous, you'll also find a lot of choice for under £20 a night sometimes even just a few pounds. But just how much of a risk are you willing to take? If I have two weeks I don't want to spend half my time on the toilet. What most people want is something that's somewhere in the middle; a place that won't cost the earth but also won't give you dirty sheets and a nasty infection. The
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[Minu, 05/07/2007] ' Baha'i temple ' is located in the center of Delhi. New Delhi is the capital of India. It is most populated city of India. It lies west of the Yamuna river. Baha'i Temple is popularly known as ''Lotus Temple'' as the shape look like a open lotus. The Lotus flower signifies purity and peace, a representation of the Manifestation of God, to the people of India. The temple is made up of white marble,cement.
As i was visit New Delhi for one month and we decided to see all the beautiful places.
I remember i went with my parents to visit the Lotus Temple. Inside the lotus temple there is big
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[koshkha, 27/05/2007] So, shoot me for being shallow but one of the best things about India is the shopping and the CCIE in Delhi is a fantastic place to start and finish a holiday in Northern India. Let me explain. If you are new to India go along to the CCIE and get an idea of the quality of product and typical prices. Then armed with this sort of info, you can go off to the little shops and street hawkers and have a fair idea of the prices you want to beat and the product quality to aim for. Then, at the end of you trip, go back and buy all the stuff you fell in love with on your first visit and couldn't find af
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[borntofly, 14/03/2007] We visited Qutab Minar or sometimes spelt Khuttab Minar on our last day in Delhi. The tower is actually visible from miles around as it is the highest tower in India. The tower was built in the 12th century and in the surrounding area you will find the ruins of Indias first mosque, which is actually quite well maintained. A thing that I noticed here was that with every attraction there was a display board near to it with all the details of when the tower ( or attraction) was built, by whom etc. The Qutab Minar was built by and thought of by Qutub-ud-din-Aibak who began construction in 1193 af
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[koshkha, 26/10/2006] Let me start with a quote from their website:-
"Amongst all the 5 star luxury hotels in New Delhi, India, Jaypee Siddharth stands tall as a beacon to the comfort hungry Traveller... where your every wish is pampered, where every member of the staff and every facility is dedicated to make you return to this Boutique luxury hotel... time after time. We are one of the finest 5 Star Hotels in New Delhi, India, which provide all luxuries to appease our esteemed guests."
Hmm, sounds lovely doesn't it? Read on and I'll tell you what it's REALLY like!
Background
In June this year, my husban
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[koshkha, 23/10/2006] The Taj Mahal is hailed world-wide as perhaps history's greatest monument to love. It was built by Shahjahan as a tribute to his wife Mumtaz. Fewer people have heard of another mausoleum which is widely believe to have inspired Shahjahan in his choice of design for the Taj - that monument is the Tomb of Humayun in Delhi. It has been on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites since 1993 and was included for its significance as the first garden-tomb on the Indian sub-continent. Whilst the name might suggest that this is just one building and one dead old wealthy chap, it's actually a complex of m
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[koshkha, 15/10/2006] WHEN AND WHY WAS I THERE?
In November last year I had a really tough business trip to India to launch a range of new products in Mumbai and Delhi. This involved presenting to about a thousand local bakers and pulling together two big launch meetings in hotels so we worked like demons. If you believe in karma, then staying 4 nights at the Oberoi New Delhi must have been payback for every good and worthy thing I've done in my life. It's an absolute dream of a hotel and one that really sticks in the mind.
THE HOTEL
The Oberoi New Delhi has nearly 280 rooms and suites. When I visited they
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[koshkha, 09/10/2006] Background to our visit
Back in February I booked a tour to Ladakh in the Indian Himalayas with a stay in Delhi at either end of visit. I love Delhi and I wanted some extra time to see a couple of the museums and monuments so I booked the flights a day early on the way out and a day late on the way back. Consequently I needed to find hotels for the extra nights that weren't covered by our tour.
It soon became apparent that even though we were travelling at a time of year when nobody with half a brain would choose to go to Delhi (i.e. second half of June with the monsoon on the horizon an
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[koshkha, 08/10/2006] Shahjahanabad
In the middle of the 17th Century, the Moghal Emperor Shahjahan established a new city on the ruins of previous settlements in the place that today is Delhi. This new city became known as Shahjahanabad - or the city of Shahjahan. Today Shahjahanabad forms the area of Delhi commonly referred to as 'Old Delhi' or 'Purani Dilli' in the local lingo. Lal Quila (the Red Fort) is one of Shahjahanabad's best preserved monuments.
'Shahjahan?' you might be saying to yourself, 'Now where have I heard that name before?'
Shahjahan was the Emperor whose love for his wife Mumtaz and dis
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[koshkha, 08/10/2006] Where is it?
The National Museum is on Janpath, the main street running south from Connaught Place, the hub of New Delhi. It's down at the 'quiet end' of this famous street, just past the intersection with Rajpath and a block and a bit from the India Gate.
For some reason thats a mystery to me, the museum doesn't seem to attract the attention that I believe it deserves. I've had several city tours with various holidays in Delhi but nobody has ever included the National Museum, or for that matter, even mentioned its existence. Consequently, I always feel a little bit like I discovered it
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