Sightseeing

Over the weekend, I saw some India. Neha and Kostav had a friend in town, Salman, and the four of us traveled around being touristy. Many sights that we visited would require an entry payment. 10 rupees for Indians and 300 or 250 for foreigners.
Friday evening we went to India gate. It is now a memorial for WWII soldiers. All of the Indians who died have their names carved on the gate.


On Saturday, we stopped at the presidents palace to snap some shots. There are monkeys running around the front yard. This building as well as the parliament buildings are kept in unsurprisingly immaculate condition. It is contrasted by the surrounding city.
Old Delhi! So old, electricity hardly knows what to do with itself their. Despite the street being the width of a driveway, rickshaws, motorcyles and cars will drive up and down it both ways.Jami Masjid. The largest mosque in India. It was quite large. This is a shot from outside - I liked the clouds, it had just rained.

Qutb Minar, the tallest freestanding tower in the world. It is a historic landmark and is used iconically on the metro tokens!
Jantar Mantar is an observatory built in 1724. The structures can do all sorts of astrological measurements like tell time, moon phases, earths axis, height of the sun. Also, sitting on that thing was like sitting on the sun. See, astrological.
Dilli Haat. An extremely pleasant shopping area. With the help of my native compadres, I got some good deals.