Monday 4th to Wednesday 6th March 2019 Initially, we were aware that out eight hour flight from London to New Delhi was going to be extended by two hours because it was being diverted around Pakistani airspace, via a longer route to the south. You may have seen in the news over the last week that tensions are raised in the area of Kashmir, and as a result the Pakistani government closed their airspace to all aircraft. But we were then made aware of a technical problem with our plane [a little worrying] which resulted in a two hour delay taking off from Heathrow. By the time we reached New Delhi (14 hours later including delays) we were already feeling over-travelled and sleep-deprived and decided we would not be able to give any one of the extraordinary sights of this city the attention it deserved. We will be returning several times during our time in India when we will be able to plan visits to places such as the Red Fort, the Jama Masjid mosque and Humayun’s tomb. At New Delhi Station we arrived from the airport on a very sophisticated metro line, to be bombarded by atmosphere of the […]
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