Sunday, March 24, 2013

Yesterday, we toured Delhi. We went to Qutb Minar, and then Lotus Temple, and continued on to Humayun's Tomb, and ended the day with the Red Fort.

There were some very overwhelming parts of the day, we stopped by a few gift shops, and the people there were very in your face trying to get you to buy something, ANYthing!
I was WAY out of my comfort zone!

We also payed an outrageous price for our lunch at a stop during the tour that the cab driver dropped us off at in order to make a good commission. It was worth it for him, but not for us.
The restaurant's food was par and cost way too much for the amount they served us.

Although, the places we saw were magnificent!

At Qutb Minar, the buildings were made out of a rich red sandstone, with intricate designs carved into the rock. It was a tomb of one of the kings who ruled there. The tomb was like you would see in movies, a big white marble box, in the middle of the room. Very chilling but very cool.

The Lotus Temple looked a lot like the Sydney Opera House --- had that same kind of layered look, except it was built to resemble its name, a lotus. Not a big part of the tour, but pretty.

No comments:

Post a Comment