INDIA || Delhi - travel vlog (Jama Masjid, Qutab Minar, Lodhi, Humayan's Tomb) 15 Degrees North

15° North are travelling again! This time we are in India visiting its capital, Delhi. There we visit: Old Delhi, India Gate, Humayun’s Tomb, Akshardham, Lotus Temple, Lodhi Garden, Jama Masjid and Qutab Minar.
Jérémy and Ben here again! We love to travel and to satisfy our wanderlust, we are on a worldwide odyssey exploring the best places to visit around the globe. We love to escape Britain to experience the best culture, cuisine and attractions that the world has to offer. If you’re a tourist like us and just need a good itinerary for what to do and how to do it when you’re in Delhi, we will show you the best things to put on your itinerary.
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Delhi is the capital of India and the second biggest city in the world. Well, New Delhi is the administrative capital, but Old Delhi is where everything worth seeing is. So that’s where we start. Everything you’ve heard about Delhi is true. It’s loud, busy, crammed with people and it’s a bit like a sensory overload with everything there is to see, smell, hear and taste. There’s certainly no such thing as a quiet corner here, because tens of millions of people live, work and play here and the infrastructure is... challenged, let’s put it that way. So let’s lay our cards on the table straight away. Yes, Delhi is quite a dirty city. And it’s pretty smelly too. But there are so many beautiful landmarks to see. So many unique experiences to be had.And so many remarkable foods to try that it genuinely doesn’t matter at all. There is genuinely nothing that sets the heart racing quite like zipping through heavy traffic in a tuktuk. And the word “heavy” is an understatement. Something you learn quickly here is that if there is an empty space, it will very soon be occupied by a person, a tuktuk or even a cow.
The historical sites in Delhi are numerous, but fairly scattered across the city. That’s because there were several cities that served as capital for multiple consecutive dynasties all within close proximity of each other. It was kinda like each new dynasty shifted their city a couple of miles away. Nowadays, all these historical cities have been swallowed up in the urban sprawl of Delhi, meaning that you need help from the trusty tuktuks to get between sites. It’s a good thing they’re cheap. And when we say “cheap”, we mean REALLY cheap. The exchange rate is exceptionally kind to Europeans in India. I would venture it’s the cheapest place we have ever, ever been. Your money goes far here. You can easily get by on about ten pounds a day.And even then you get some rupees change.
Also, did we mention that Delhi is hot? And I mean really hot. It was thirty-five degrees the whole time we were there. And it doesn’t go below thirty at night. That was a bit of a shock to the system coming from a rainy summer in Manchester. Once The Great Sweat begins, there’s not much you can do to stop it. Wearing light colours or patterns certainly makes it look less obvious. Well I didn’t learn that until later in the trip, did I?
People often use Delhi as the starting point for what’s known as ‘The Golden Triangle’. You fly into Delhi, then travel south to Jaipur, the fashion capital of India. And then on to Agra, where you’ll find the little known landmark, the Taj Mahal. We did exactly that, so we’ll be showing the rest of the trip in later videos. But Delhi is not to be overlooked in favour of its more showy, historical counterparts. There is a lot to see and do here and we only managed to scratch the surface. The Red Fort, which is probably Delhi’s most famous landmark, was actually closed on the day we visited, so make sure to include that in your itinerary if you’re planning to visit the city. There are temples aplenty, as well as tombs, monuments, mosques, minarets, parks, statues, monkeys and cows just wandering the streets. Cows are sacred to Hindu people, so just like all of India, you’ll find that they are perfectly placid and docile, co-existing with the millions of people scurrying around them. And even when they wander onto a motorway, nobody seems to bat an eyelid. And that seems to be what’s key about adapting to life in India. You see some crazy things, but then that’s life. C’est la vie.
The fruit bats the size of eagles. That’s India. The very peculiar neon yellow wasps. The people who drive on the wrong side of the road. The blazing heat. The aromas of incense, curried spices and sun-baked poo all in one breath. That’s India.

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Great vlog ❤