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The capital of India, Delhi, is a busy city that is proud of its fast-paced lifestyle, rich history, cultural diversity, and its technological advancements. An authentic Delhi experience offers a volume that might be hard to absorb for a first-time visitor. This post offers ten travel tips for Delhi that might make your journey a happy one.
1. Charity Doesn’t Begin On The Streets
Beggars are a common sight on the streets of India. While it’s noble to offer money, it’s best that you don’t entertain them. Even though you may stick to an emotional premise and offer, it is important to stay practical and keep your money to yourself. You’ll also be attracting the other beggars close by as you offer one.
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2. Explore and Escape
With so much to explore in the city, you should maintain a balance between exploration and escape. A key component of a happy journey to Delhi is taking adequate rest. Before going about a city to experience it, you can rest by reading books, listening to music, or watch a Bollywood movie.
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3. Where To Exchange Currency
Whenever you are in a foreign country, be it India or elsewhere, one of the most important issues is to get the local currency. Finding the local currency exchange is always a tough business, as there are often cheats around and in some cases, you may end up with the worst exchange rates. In the following link, we give you the list which ones are safe and authentic and give you the best exchange rates in Delhi.
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- Exchange your currency only with the approved agents
- Forex Shops with Best Exchange Rates in Delhi
4. Keeping Yourself Clean
Delhi isn’t a clean city known for its maintenance. More often than not, you’ll find waste dumped in random public places, water leakage, and dirty water bodies. In an environment like this, it is important to keep yourself clean, drink packaged drinking water and use a sanitizer.
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5. Think With Your Stomach
When in Delhi, it is important to follow your stomach, quite literally. Delhi cuisine, though diverse with lip-smacking food, requires acclimatization. The food is packed with flavors of the spices of India and even troubles the locals. As a tourist, it is recommended you experiment with your food choices very less.
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6. Bargain Your Way
Typically, I would never stress about bargaining as most cities in India don’t cheat their foreign customers much. Delhi is an exception to that. Be it a local or an international tourist, the vendors are looking to exploit the customer to gain some extra profit. Bargain, if possible, to half of the quoted price.
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- Why Bargain?
- Please ensure you get a recipt for your purchase in case of your need to exchange or return
7. Get a Local Souvenir
Delhi and its neighboring places are rich in handicrafts. Do not miss it even if you are short on time. But as usual, be careful to buy the right thing at the right price. Know the local markets well and if possible, take help from a trusted local.
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- Research well and avoid fake and overpriced items.
- Best Souvenirs to Buy in Delhi.
8. Take a Rickshaw
Even though you may find a cab ride comforting, offering every bit of luxury, traffic in Delhi is one thing you can’t get past. Unless you take a rickshaw, you’ll find yourself running late almost always. Rickshaw rides offer a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ experience that is fun and in a few cases, wild!
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- Rickshaws are the fastest and most efficient modes of transportation in Delhi
- When in Delhi
9. Don’t Fret
In the list of busiest states, Delhi features at a high position with people keeping to their business unless the situation demands otherwise. Usually this affects the tourism experience. However, it is very important to go with the flow and not get bogged down. Keep your travel plans open and flexible to enjoy it the most.
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10. Know What To Wear
Delhi being an urban city, which has benefited from the suit-and-tie MNC culture, does not have any particular traditional dress outfit of its own. Most of the people living in Delhi wear casual comfort clothes. You’ll also find people wearing professional formal clothes for work. However, to avoid entertaining any advances, it is always recommended you avoid obscenity.
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Delhi is a perfect blend of history and technology with sites of great historical significance that offer deep insight into the city’s origins. On the other hand, technology, industrialization and MNC culture have taken over and occupied a fair share of the Delhi culture.
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After reading your post I am not sure if I want to visit Delhi. Thanks for the tips!
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I think Delhi is definitely very safe and a nice city for the tourists. But like all tourist places, you must be careful and do enough research before your visit. Enjoy 🙂
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These tips will be very helpful for my trip in January, especially the one about using rickshaws!
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Thanks. Keep visiting 10tips.in 🙂
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Nice blog!
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I am really happy I’ve this information. Thanks!
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We visited Delhi last month, on a sort of ‘whistle stop’ tour of the Golden Triangle; I wish we could have spent longer there. I’m blogging about it at https://travelrat.wordpress.com/2018/10/09/delhi-day-tour/ and will post video of our rickshaw ride next week.
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Great!
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