New and Old Delhi

Last Updated: January 19, 2016 by Paul

After I left Dad in Kathmandu to arrange a new passport, I flew to Delhi to backpack around northern India for a couple of weeks. I had been wanting to get to India for years and I couldn’t resist the temptation to add it in to the Nepal trip.

It was May/June when I was there and just before the start of the monsoon. I can honestly say that I’ve NEVER been in hotter conditions in all my life – the average daily temperature was a blisteringly hot 44-45degC! Especially as I’d just come from the cooler climes of the Nepalese Himalaya! Luckily it was fairly dry and not very humid so it was tolerable – just.

I spent a few days exploring Delhi because I’d been told that the city actually had a lot to offer. I visited the Red Fort, Humayun’s Tomb (a magnificent predecessor to the Taj Mahal) and Jama Masjid (the largest mosque in the city). I also made the effort to go and see where Gandhi was cremated after his assassination.

A typical Delhi street scene. Gandhi’s cremation site.