A day in Delhi

Apr 27, 2009 00:00


The first day of my tour of North India was a whirlwind trip around Delhi. These are some of the highlights:


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firefleet April 27 2009, 13:30:12 UTC
Thanks!
It makes me happy people enjoy them, and they help me feel less cranky when work sucks, heh.

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ahsavka April 27 2009, 12:08:56 UTC
Wow.

Also: wow does that memorial ever look like a triumphal arch.

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firefleet April 27 2009, 13:35:14 UTC
Haha, you are so right. There is just a little life-size statue inside of a rifle with a helmet on it, and an eternal flame I think.
It was designed by the English architect who also planned New Delhi. It does make it onto many internet lists of triumphal arches, actually, now that I look.

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ulfruna April 27 2009, 20:30:52 UTC
That first shot is utterly fantastic! Are there pretty much consistent airborne pigeons around there, or did your dad wait for that shot? (I'm assuming those are pigeons.)

Also I love the atmosphere of the packed out market. Brilliant.

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firefleet April 28 2009, 17:17:56 UTC
My dad just took an amazing shot, somewhat inadvertently I think. At least he doesn't have the same artsy pretensions about his vacation photography that I do. (Maybe that helps!) :) There were lots of pigeons but that was just the right moment, and he caught that one man walking away too ...

The market was amazing! I tried to get some photos of all of the places where the shop contents were hung out into the alley too, over the crazy nests of electrical wires and hung from shop awnings and such, but they all came out super blurry. Alas.

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