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Delhi from October 3 to 5

(Photos from Delhi by clicking this link)

We finished our trip to Delhi, capital of India, for 3 days.

We were invited by Arjun , my "godfather" Indian (school sets up a buddy system before our arrival so that we do not feel too lost). It turns out that mine is particularly nice, and when I told him I was going to spend some days in Delhi, he suggested to come to his family.

So that's what we did with Thibault, and we have not regretted! His family was absolutely lovely, we ate very well, we did Arjun visited his city by telling details worthy of an encyclopedia, and we were able immersed in the life of an Indian family .

During these three days we visited a ton of monuments: the observatory Jantar Mantar, Connaught Place (the Champs Elysees of Delhi), Palika Bazaar (an underground shopping center), temples Sikhs and Hindus, Old Fort, Red Fort, a zoo (... unlikely), the largest mosque Jama Masjid, India Gate, Qutb Minar minaret ...

What I really liked:

• Humayun's Tomb in sunset
  
• Our excellent lunch at Karim's near Jama Masjid (an institution in Delhi),
  
• Take tea with sweets at the Taj ( 5 * hotel chain conglomerate TATA those who do not know),
  
• The Lotus Temple, one of nine temples built in the ecumenical context of the Baha'i philosophy
  
• Akshardam The Temple, even if we There have been the only day of closing ...
  

We also had the opportunity to discuss cultural differences between France and India with her parents, we performed Hindu rites relatifs à la pleine lune, et avons été plus que chouchouté par la maman d’Arjun (y’a pas à dire, si y a bien quelque chose d’invariable dans le monde, c’est bien l’insistance des mamans-poules pour qu’on se serve et se re-serve!) .

Globalement, je n’ai pas eu de coup de coeur pour Delhi, pour la simple et bonne raison que ce n’est pas une ville mais une mégalopole absolument IMMENSE ! A côté, Paris est un petit village… Mais avoir l’occasion de vivre dans une famille indienne a finalement rendu notre séjour vraiment unique …

C’est ainsi que s’est finished our road trip of two weeks, we took the plane to Calcutta, where was waiting the next day celebrating my birthday ...