INDIA: New Delhi & Agra

I arrived on 2nd May in the capital city of my Country of origin: New Delhi. I stayed in the Old Delhi, in the Paharganj street, where a lot of tourists with low budget are also staying. The main bazaar street is full of life, colors, smells, , dust, dirt and...poverty.

With the very high temperature, sometimes over 40 degrees, and with all indian continuously trying to sell (and cheat on)you everything they could, I must admitt that it was not such a good first impression of India.

What is funny, is when I dress shorts and Billabong T-shirt and carry a backpack, all indians on the street try to sell me something similarly as they do for white tourists, but when I wear long trousers with a simple one color shirt, without backpack, them I have peace, as everybody naturally think that I am a local indian guy, and of course they try to speak with me in Hindi...!

One day, I went to Agra, where the most famous monument of India is: The Taj Mahal. The price for indian people is 20 Ruppies (about 0.7 CHF) and the price for foreign tourists is 750 Ruppies...I tried to pass for an indian guy, but I failed !!! Here the view from the touristical and normal entrance:

And here is the view from the other side of the river, where almost no tourists know or go, but I still had to pay something (100 Ruppies, again I failed to pass for an indian guy...)


After one week in New Delhi and around, I spent one week in Nepal.

Les photos du Nepal suivront, aujourd'hui je suis a nouveau pour un tres bref sejour a Delhi, avant (demain ?) de partir un peu en dehors de la ville et trouver un peu de fraicheur...

Me reste un peu plus que 2 semaines, a bientot...