After a few days in Mumbai, Rahul took Dan and me on a cheap Indigo flight to New Delhi to meet with the rest of his family.
We managed to get in some light (and odd) reading in on the flight:
Arriving into Delhi, we first visit a few Jain temples; Rahul’s family practices Jainism and he wanted to take advantage of our trip to do a quasi pilgrimage here.
Afterwards we visited India’s memorial to Ghandi at Mahatma Gandhi’s park:
We then headed down Rajpath (“King’s Path”), the main ceremonial boulevard of New Delhi that leads to India Gate.
We also explored a bit of the Red Fort:
…where I had another WTF moment by running into Amrita (another college buddy, this time #5) hanging nearby:
Rahul also ran into one of his aunts, who sells goods by Red Fort:
We then walked over to my favorite, The Jama Masjid, one of India’s largest mosques and one my personal favorite places in New Delhi.
By the mosque are a few street markets and a famous restaurant called Karim’s:
We also headed to the food stalls at Chandni Chowk to grab even more food:
… and then we braved the infamous Delhi traffic when returning back to Rahul’s family.
- At time of posting in New Delhi, it was 40 °C - Humidity: 90% | Wind Speed: 10km/hr | Cloud Cover: sunny