For those of you who haven't met Annie, I'll tell you this, if you can say one thing about this baby it's that she like to get out. Sure after 5 hours or so she'll devolve into hysterics, but so would the most veteran of Delhi travelers. What we find time and again is that Annie is just captivated by all the colors and sounds of Delhi. Which is great because Delhi has so many sites, and we love to get out every once in a while as well! Although it might be hard to believe it, Grandma Gail's trip here is winding down. Over the last week we've taken a few excursions.
One was to Humayun's tomb.
Humayun's tomb
Amazing stone lattice work
Another was somewhat less exciting, but was to the dentist's office, which still provided some visual stimulation.
Annie checking out the small shrine at the dentist office
Another recent trip was to Jantar Mantar, which is an amazing astronomical observatory. According to wiki, the fount of all knowledge:
The Jantra Mantar (literally the 'instrument and formula' and often called the Jantar Mantar), is located in the modern city of New Delhi, Delhi. It consists of 13 architectural astronomy instruments, built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur, from 1724 onwards, and is one of five built by him, as he was given by Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah the task of revising the calendar and astronomical tables.
The primary purpose of the observatory was to compile astronomical tables, and to predict the times and movements of the sun, moon and planets. Some of these purposes nowadays would be classified as astrology.
We had been to the amazing one in Jaipur four years ago, but for some reason never to the one in Delhi.
Complete with a new camera, I really enjoyed myself here taking tons of pictures of my wonderful family in an amazing locale.
I was able to climb the steps and get an incredible bird's eye view of the whole complex.
On the way down I saw the hatch marks that were part of the astronomical measurement system.
The whole place resembles a living M.C. Escher drawing with stair cases that lead nowhere (well, actually to observation points), and incredible geometric shapes.
After that we were off to Dili haat, an open air market for tourists.
Dili haat has a great food court with a shop from each state, we chose Rajasthani thalis
It was everything Jo could do to stop me from getting the fake Tiger carpet pictured here...actually not, but I think the advertisement is stellar
Someone's not paying attention to the pretty pictures
or even at the jewelry!
Taking time to smell the ....
and we're....out
One was to Humayun's tomb.
Humayun's tomb
Amazing stone lattice work
Another was somewhat less exciting, but was to the dentist's office, which still provided some visual stimulation.
Annie checking out the small shrine at the dentist office
Another recent trip was to Jantar Mantar, which is an amazing astronomical observatory. According to wiki, the fount of all knowledge:
The Jantra Mantar (literally the 'instrument and formula' and often called the Jantar Mantar), is located in the modern city of New Delhi, Delhi. It consists of 13 architectural astronomy instruments, built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur, from 1724 onwards, and is one of five built by him, as he was given by Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah the task of revising the calendar and astronomical tables.
The primary purpose of the observatory was to compile astronomical tables, and to predict the times and movements of the sun, moon and planets. Some of these purposes nowadays would be classified as astrology.
We had been to the amazing one in Jaipur four years ago, but for some reason never to the one in Delhi.
Complete with a new camera, I really enjoyed myself here taking tons of pictures of my wonderful family in an amazing locale.
I was able to climb the steps and get an incredible bird's eye view of the whole complex.
On the way down I saw the hatch marks that were part of the astronomical measurement system.
The whole place resembles a living M.C. Escher drawing with stair cases that lead nowhere (well, actually to observation points), and incredible geometric shapes.
After that we were off to Dili haat, an open air market for tourists.
Dili haat has a great food court with a shop from each state, we chose Rajasthani thalis
It was everything Jo could do to stop me from getting the fake Tiger carpet pictured here...actually not, but I think the advertisement is stellar
Someone's not paying attention to the pretty pictures
or even at the jewelry!
Taking time to smell the ....
and we're....out
1 comment:
Beautiful photos, Dave! Looks like you're enjoying the new camera.
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