Back to Delhi
Its almost over, we made it back to Delhi by train from Amritsar. We had a slight problem with our accommodation for that night. The hotel we were supposed to stay at cancelled our booking so we got bumped 40mins across town to another Shipra hotel. In the end it was abit frustrating and something we didn't want to deal with after a long day of sightseeing and travel. I didn't get to sleep until 2am that night.
One thing that I found really taxing was the hotel sign in process. Every time we had to hand over our passports and fill in paperwork that just promotes endless bureaucracy.
The next morning, we headed out and as my travel companions were due to head back to New Zealand that evening, I checked into my lush 5 star hotel. This was definitely just reward for the long slog over the past fortnight.
The last day of sightseeing we stopped at the national museum. As I had to pay to take my camera inside, I ended up taking a photo of practically everything. There was plenty of historical artefacts on display, some as old as 3500 years. Hears a snippet of the stuff on display. They also provided an audio tour of the museum which was excellent.
I was most impressed with the facilities Le Meridien New Delhi and the highlights of my room was the 42" plasma hanging on the wall and the commander remote that allowed me to control every aspect of my room, including the A/C, lighting and the do not disturb/make my room button.
The place had a great bar on the top floor and a night club. Jeff commented on numerous occassions about the James Bond-ness of the hotel and how appropriate it would be if it was a location for an actual Bond movie. This was the best way to spend the last night of my India trip to help recharge the batteries before the long flight home.
One thing that I found really taxing was the hotel sign in process. Every time we had to hand over our passports and fill in paperwork that just promotes endless bureaucracy.
The next morning, we headed out and as my travel companions were due to head back to New Zealand that evening, I checked into my lush 5 star hotel. This was definitely just reward for the long slog over the past fortnight.
The last day of sightseeing we stopped at the national museum. As I had to pay to take my camera inside, I ended up taking a photo of practically everything. There was plenty of historical artefacts on display, some as old as 3500 years. Hears a snippet of the stuff on display. They also provided an audio tour of the museum which was excellent.
I was most impressed with the facilities Le Meridien New Delhi and the highlights of my room was the 42" plasma hanging on the wall and the commander remote that allowed me to control every aspect of my room, including the A/C, lighting and the do not disturb/make my room button.
The place had a great bar on the top floor and a night club. Jeff commented on numerous occassions about the James Bond-ness of the hotel and how appropriate it would be if it was a location for an actual Bond movie. This was the best way to spend the last night of my India trip to help recharge the batteries before the long flight home.
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