Nothing prepared me for what I was about to see in Delhi. I must apologize, thinking of Delhi doesn’t do good for my soul, and I don’t really have a good reason why. It probably has some great neighborhoods and good spots, but I’ll do what I can to avoid going back there again.
My father was going to land in Delhi and we were planning to go all over Rajastan and so I took a domestic flight from Goa to Delhi to take a look before my dad gets to India. We got some recommendations on email from an Israeli in India that proved to be a big mistake since they were aimed at the backpacking bunch. She actually pointed us to the Main Bazaar road close to the disgusting New Delhi train station – Paharganj area.
I disliked Delhi from moment 0. When I got off my Taxi in that area I thought I was going to throw up. The Metropolis Tourist Home I finally picked thanks to a Chinese scribble in my book from the Taiwanese classmates I borrowed the book from had the only decent rooms in that area. I had a balcony over looking the horrors of down stairs.
That street was so stinky, so dirty and so noisy that it was probably one of the strongest culture shocks I’ve had in a while. Sick cows strolling the streets, putting their heads into food sold to the locals and adventurous backpackers, angry wild dogs looking for another scrap of nothing to eat, heavily mutilated handicapped Indians aggressively begging for money, and every possible kind of tout clinging to you with the most annoying approaches like you’re their last hope on earth.
An absolutely disgusting street. This is what I thought Kaoh-San street in Bangkok was going to be like, but it wasn’t. Bangkok’s heaven compared to that long garbage can they call a street. Just horrible.
Just think how of how it must be for all the people that live there… Some places really are eye opening as far as perspective.
Yeah. It’s for that reason that my first day coming back to Taiwan was one of my best days in Taiwan yet. I adored and appreciated everything I saw, thanking Buddha o-mighty for living here. 😛 :$
Fili
wow thats what dehli is like ? also shock when visit mumbai the big city, never expected the commercial city has far larger unpleasant looking area rather then modern sparking buildings , Dusty roads and no lanes on raod. They say india is behind china for 20 years, maybe they mean 1920 …
I guess. That’s what my Delhi was like, although I did get to see some other beautiful spots the following days.
It surprised me how Indian big cities were as well. It did get a whole lot better with the big cities down south, though. Northern and southern India have a lot of differences, and this is one of them.