aku set saturday for visiting places, while sunday nak g market n shopping mall. tp after breakfast and yoga on saturday kitaorg jalan2 dulu kat shopping area dekat hotel sbb kan susah nak solat bila berjalan, kitaorg plan solat dulu kat hotel br shoot berjalan. since zohor pun 11+ so senang lah. lepas solat, str8 ke Red Fort which located very near to Chadni Chowk. Naik 'metro' ke Chadni Chowk station then walk to the Red Fort which is located at the end of the road. about 10-15 mins walking kat Chadni Chowk.
Chadni Chowk ni katanya famous for shopping. tp bila kitaorg lalu, nasib baik lah location dia kebetulan dekat ngan red fort, otherwise mmg tak perlu dtg. takde nya best shopping kat sini. tempat ni mcm bgnn2 lama yg jual brg2 secara pukal/bulk. kalau agak2 nak trade brg2 india mungkin lah dtg sini. tp kalau sekadar nak beli fridge magnet, tak de kat sini. hehehe...at the end of the road, jumpa lah red fort.
nak masuk red fort rasanya 250Rp. it's a huge complex, ada beberapa compound n bangunan kat dlm tu. takde audio guide and takde sapa2 nak volunteer jadi tourist guide. so kitaorg masuk n tgk2 je lah apa ada... apart from the map above and ada few signage, takde information lain pasal red fort. jadi, org yg mcm aku ni malas membaca sebelum travel, mmg tak tahu apa sgt lah..
mula2 ada satu strecth of kedai2 jual souvenir. we bought a few here. quite good n murah... then ada park yg ramai org2 ni melepak. kitaorg pun dok jugak berehat kat situ. panas betul cuaca tghhari tu. dlm tu ada 2 small museums. ada satu tu agak interesting. and kat situ lah aku jumpa salasilah keluarga mughal ni... which i think quite beneficial for everyone to understand the history of the country. we spent a good 2-3 hours jugak kat fort ni (including time berjalan kat Chadni Chowk). so by then dah tgh hari time for food...
We went to the famous Karim Restaurant near Jama' Masjid. I'll talk about Karim in a later entry. hari tu kitaorg tak larat dah nak masuk ke jama' masjid ni. sbb karim ni dekat dgn gate no 1 jama' masjid ni, i.e. dah dekat sgt nak masuk ke masjid. tp sebab weather dan sgt ramai org kat area tu... rasa sgt stuffy, sesak, panas n seumpamanya. so we skipped the masjid but terus ke karim.
after lunch, we planned to go to another historic site - qutub minar - yg terletak agak jauh to the southern part of the city. from Karim kitaorg naik beca ke the nearest 'metro'. about 15 minutes jugak lah mamat beca ni kayuh basikal dia. cekeding je org nya, kitaorg plak besar2... n baru lepas melantak. the journey on the beca was quite fun. thought bila naik beca, agak slow n bersopan... no way, he rode like selaju tuk tuk. and luckily kitaorg naik beca, sbb there's no way (i mean logiknya lah) for us to jalan kaki. jalan sesak n bersimpang2... and terlampau ramai org n kenderaan... tp kesian betul aku tgk org bawak beca ni, aku bg tips yg agak byk jugak lah on top of the fee yg murah tu. happy giler member.
from there we took the metro straight to the south, kena tukar satu station rasanya. ke qutb minar. took a good 20-30 minutes rasanya. taking the metro kadang2 agak hustle jugak lah. setiap kali naik metro semua barang kita bawak kena scan n akan ada body search. so even kitaorg naik metro ni yg dr station yg dekat pasar still kena taruh brg utk xray scan. imagine taruh beg (back pack or hand bag tu) skali dgn org yg beli ayam ikan kat atas same conveyer belt. and for perempuan plak, dah lah kena letak brg kat conveyer belt, dia punya body search jauh tempat lain. in terms of safety blh je sesapa g tarik handbag tu n bawak lari. tp tak de lah terjadi or nampak benda ni terjadi.
we reached qutb minar ni dlm 5pm... dah ujung2 petang sbb by 6+ dah gelap dah. my wife wasn't keen nak g naik tuk tuk sekadar tgk minaret. plus, bila membayangkan possibility of no information at the site seperti red fort yg lebih gah tu. aku pun not really keen nak naik tuk tuk sekadar nak tgk sebatang tiang. bila sampai kat metro station tu, kitaorg blh je nampak qutb minar tu from far... after a few minutes of thinking and few photos taken, kitaorg decided utk tak payah keluar station but ambik je next train back to town and our target was to go to Saket Mall, a mall yg ada HRC. it was 3 or 4 station away with the same line... and there was the place we ended the day... :-)
however, if you plan for another good place to visit at night. you can shoot to India gate. siang pun blh visit. ni pic india gate yg mcm arch de trom (sp?) kat paris tu. kitaorg ada g tempat ni during weekdays. i have skipped many places during my trip ni. ada byk lagi tempat cantik2 kat delhi ni. but we kind of have enough of india masa tu... tak larat :-) you can find on the internet, yg aku tahu blh g humayun tomb, the lotus temple, few other temple and more temple... :-)
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