Day 8: HOHO sightseeing

Good afternoon everybody!

We were really spontaneous today, and went straight to the city. There we saw a sightseeing bus named HOHO. We wanted to try this out, and just went for it! Later, we discovered that HOHO is short for hop on/hop off, which means that everybody on the bus can decide when they want to "jump on" or "jump off" the bus.

Sightseeing tours are popular in cities all over the world, because it's an easy and cheap way to experience as much as possible in a short time. Our little bus ride today lasted for two hours, and included four stops.

The HOHO bus we joined today!
http://travel.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?268467 

In the back of this picture, there is a beautiful building. This building is called Rajpath (meaning "king's way," or "The royal street"), and was our first stop. It's a boulevard that is considered the most important road in India. The annual Republic Day takes place there every january 26.

Rajpath

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajpath

Our second stop was Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum. This wasn't quite our "thing." I think we are way too young to care about this stuff. But we definitely know more about Indira Gandhi and her work now!

Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum
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We deserved a break after 30 minutes in a museum we didn't really have much interests in. So the two of us and the rest of the tourists went to a marked called Dilli Haat. We ate lunch there, and bought some colorful clothes and other typical Indian souvenirs.

Indian souvenirs at Dilli Haat
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This is a man that is selling typical Indian souvenirs at the marked
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dilli_Haat.jpg

The last place we visited today was Qutab Minar; World tallest minaret. A minaret is a tower or a building that is attached to a Islamic mosque. Qutab Minar measures 72,5 meters in height. We walked all the way to the top! The stairs included 399 steps, and we walked all of them. We were really proud of ourselves!

Qutab Minar
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Today we have gotten to know the Indian history through the HOHO guide tour. We have also seen more of the culture in this city. Tomorrow we'll visit Mumbai, and take a closer look at the Bollywood culture!

Oda-Mari Corneliussen