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Vivek Hotel in Delhi
Our last day
in Amman was mostly taken up by traveling. We took a taxi to the City
Station where Royal Jordanian lets you check in your luggage 5 hours
before your flight. Then we spent some time at a coffee shop, and then
at Pizza Hut before boarding a shuttle bus to the airport. At the
airport we again bumped into to a family we’d seen in Egypt and other
places in Jordan. They had tickets for the same flight that we were on,
but they weren’t aware that you can’t buy an Indian visa as you arrive
at the airport. We didn’t see them again once we’d gone through security
so presumably the airline hadn’t let them check in. Randy, Kathryn,
Sharon, John, if you’re out there let us know how you guys got on.
For us,
getting through security and everything was very easy. I used the free
wifi to check on the status of our airport pickup in Delhi, but
unfortunately there was no reply. Then we got to board into a seating
area, before we got to actually board onto our plane about 8pm. The
flight was good, even if we did acquire the promised red eyes. The food
was nice, I had plenty of legroom, and the chairs were comfy. Best of
all, the flight was only 5 hours or so. We landed in Delhi tired and
paranoid because of what we’d read on the Internet about scams. It
turned out to not be a problem. Passports and luggage involved some
waiting but nothing more.
There was
nobody waiting to pick us up at 5am. I used the pay phone to call the
hotel who confirmed there was nobody waiting for us, but gave me some
extra directions to repeat to a taxi driver. The pay phone even took my
big cash bills because there was a person there instead of a slot that
you put coins into. We got the prepaid taxi, and the driver took us
straight to our hotel without any of the shenanigans we’d read about. We
did get our first taste of India, as the cab swerved rapidly between
buses, vans, taxis, tuk-tuks, bicycles (without lights) and pedestrians.
Stopping in front of our hotel, he bumped into a dog who was hogging the
parking spot at the hotel’s door.
The Legend
Hotel was really clean, staffed by a small army, and our room was warm
enough. It wasn’t heated but even in winter here it is not necessary. So
we slept a while.
