Ground Truth: Delhi
Honest answers about Delhi
The questions travellers ask me most, answered by someone born and living in Delhi. Each one comes from the book.
Will I get scammed in Delhi? A local's honest answer
No. Most scams here are small, and kind of boring once you've seen them.Is Delhi street food safe? The one rule a local uses
The danger was never street food. The danger is lukewarm.Are there really rats everywhere in Delhi?
There are rats in Delhi. There are rats in London, Paris and New York too.Is Delhi really that dirty? A local answers
Parts of it, yes. I'm from here and there are lanes I wouldn't take you down.Is Delhi safe for a woman travelling alone?
I'm a man, so I asked my mum. She's lived here as a woman for sixty years.Delhi air pollution: what travellers should actually do
This is the one I'd actually worry about, roughly October to February.Delhi belly: will you get it, and what to do
Maybe. Lots of people get an upset stomach somewhere new. Indians get it abroad too.Delhi airport taxi: how not to get ripped off
Not if you walk out of the airport already knowing how you're getting into the city.Will people stare at me in Delhi?
Some people will. Most of it is plain curiosity: a look, then away.Day four in India and you want to go home? Read this
Somewhere around day four, you might. It has a name, and it passes.
No. Most scams here are small, and kind of boring once you've seen them.Is Delhi street food safe? The one rule a local uses
The danger was never street food. The danger is lukewarm.Are there really rats everywhere in Delhi?
There are rats in Delhi. There are rats in London, Paris and New York too.Is Delhi really that dirty? A local answers
Parts of it, yes. I'm from here and there are lanes I wouldn't take you down.Is Delhi safe for a woman travelling alone?
I'm a man, so I asked my mum. She's lived here as a woman for sixty years.Delhi air pollution: what travellers should actually do
This is the one I'd actually worry about, roughly October to February.Delhi belly: will you get it, and what to do
Maybe. Lots of people get an upset stomach somewhere new. Indians get it abroad too.Delhi airport taxi: how not to get ripped off
Not if you walk out of the airport already knowing how you're getting into the city.Will people stare at me in Delhi?
Some people will. Most of it is plain curiosity: a look, then away.Day four in India and you want to go home? Read this
Somewhere around day four, you might. It has a name, and it passes.
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