today is our first day exploring Delhi and when we looked at what we should do here in
Delhi it quickly became apparent that there really are two sides to this city the first
is like the sort of chaotic poverty-stricken very very busy very intense side of Delhi
that I think is really common to see online and on TV the second side is this more high-tech
more contemporary more newer version of India that I don't think gets enough attention online
and on the Travel Vlogs that we've seen so in this video we're going to be exploring
both sides and giving you our first impressions of India to really get a more complete picture
of what India and Delhi is really like
so so this Vlog is uh off to a rocking start it's been a total of five seconds and there
are a group of guys who just want to take a picture with Nicole I think they're kind
of fighting to take a photo with Nicole so I don't even know if we're gonna get into
Chandni Chowk which is our first stop today to see the first side of India but it will
probably depend how many people we meet along the way yeah that's us
you guys be in the video is that okay?
that was awesome okay all right let's go this way
in case we haven't explained it yet we're actually in Chandni Chowk which is in Old
Deli or like an area inside old Delhi it's characterized by its they call it online it's
rustic historical charm that has persisted through many many years lots of tight winding
streets lots of Mazes and a lot of people selling all sorts of goods and services and
it's also just a really nice place to walk around experience the culture the energy the
smells and the sights of India walking around so far it's been hard to like take a look
at what's going on around us because most of the time you're trying to figure out if
you're going to get hit by something or not because not only is it like a tight walking
street but there's also like motorcycles and rickshaws and other things in on the road
so it's hard to soak in when there's so many things going on it can be a little bit overwhelming
to the senses if you're not expecting this
so we've only seen three other foreigners and they've all been on rickshaws like the
guys like biking them around but I think walking is the way to do this you just get so submerged
it's just when you're in a rickshaw like how are you supposed to be avoiding traffic or
avoiding where you're stepping because that's like that's like the fun part of walking around
Chandni Chowk
okay
we don't know where we're going so these are pretty tight roads and we can't tell exactly
where we're going
I cannot believe how many like little winding streets there are like you could spend probably
weeks going through just like all this little alleys like I'm looking around and I'm like
how do people here make money like do people come all the way in here like there's it's
deep in here it's like I don't know how they get customers this far in
I feel like there's just so much to pay attention to and then there's like the addition of the
rain right now it makes it feel really intense and like I'm always looking at my feet in
case I step on something or like something that's dangerous or just like gross I then
you're always looking up because the wires I'm like so scared I'm gonna walk into everything
so it's like a constant up down and then don't hit traffic there's lots of smells there's
lots of sounds and now there's rain so it's just like it's a very sensory experience
small traffic jam just a little one
we're still not dead that's good its a good day
so that was the first time i've seen like a public urinal and it's not even like enclosed
or covered or anyrthing like that it's literally just like the urinals right there you just
walk up and use it there was like a line forming very very interesting very convenient if you're
if you're a dude is there one for me no I mean you could use it I'm sure I doubt it
good morning everyone the last time we were here in Old Deli we got rained out spectacular
so we decided to cut our losses and turn in and wait for a bright and sunny day today
is a bright and sunny day so we'll be taking the opportunity to explore more of old Delhi
all right first stop of the day is to one of the largest mosques in India it's called
Jama Masjid
wow it has been a long time since we've been in a mosque I love mosques I don't know why
there's something like just very peaceful and natural about them I don't know I'm just
glad to be here
so this mosque was actually built between 1650 and 1656.
so this thing's been here a long time like nearly 400 years it is giant we actually can't
go inside the mosque so you can only go inside the mosque if you're Muslim but you can come
to the grounds and like walk around and check it out like we are if uh if you want to if
you pay the fee but it is a very active mosque there are lots of people here washing themselves
getting ready to actually enter into the mosque for prayer we have been approached so many
times asked if someone could take their photo with us and it's like the coming groups it's
like a whole group of like three or four or five or six men come and ask for photos mostly
with me but a couple have asked for Mico
also I want to say that Indian people really love vloggers yeah so whenever they see us
with a camera they love talking to us yeah that's become a thing yeah you become quite
the tourist attraction if you hold a camera up something that I think is super cool that
we've seen in like lots of mosque around the world is that people just come to just like
be they just are they're just like hanging out sitting they're with usually with somebody
that they know they really just like take the time to just be in the space and just
like feel the calm at least that's what it seems like they're doing to me
I mean when the families come and ask for photos its like okay that feels nice and comfy
I just feel like I'm having a nice family moment going for family pictures but I don't
know man otherwise it's just not my thing
literally all the people that want photos with Nicole
I tell ya its really easy to cross through Indian traffic when it's a complete gridlock
so simple
we are at the Red Fort how aptly named is that so the Red Fort was built by famous guy
Mughal emperor a Mughal Emperor the one that decided to actually move the capital of India
from Agra where it used to be to Delhi and this is in like the 1600s and he built this
fort as the place that he lived because obviously you have to have some sort of giant Fort or
Taj Mahal looking kind of thing whenever you move your Capital that actually reminds me
so the person who like the architect who designed this building is also credited to be the same
architect who built the Taj Mahal guys got a good record because the Red Fort is actually
pretty cool good architect thank you thank you I think what has to be one of my favorite
things about visiting Indian architecture so far is that they always have really cool
like archways to go underneath and it's like a really Grand way to tell you're in somewhere
pretty cool and there's always multiple so we just went through that one and then there's
another main gate looking archway you wanted an archway this is beautiful but there's gotta
be like 30 arches so Mico's a happy guy
this place is really remarkable what I like about it is that a lot of times when you walk
to complexes like this they're usually like in rubble because they're so old you know
like thousands of years old and there'd be lots of signage that tells you here's what
it looked like back in the day but here at the Red Fort you don't have to imagine it
because it's right in front of you like the buildings still look very pristine they look
very old in some ways um and they're just so gorgeous even to today and it's cool to
think that this is like in the middle of Delhi yeah oh yeah that part's cool yeah that's
the beautiful thing about old Deli I think you get just so many like historic sites in
one area because this part of the city was its own City for so long it feels like you're
just in the middle of Delhi but you get these beautiful historic sites like I mean this
is like in some ways effectively a palace because they used to live here yeah yeah the
fancy man used to live here the emperor I like this kind of historic site you don't
have to do a lot of thinking you just can admire it for what it is right in front of
you today Mico also hates like having to read signs you can you can buy a ticket to come
here and there's a museum portion of it for an extra few hundred rupees we opted out of
that because Mico hates reading that stuff I like I like just being here and looking
at things and not having to think too hard about what I'm looking at
alright so far this has been an excellent first look into the historic side of Delhi
the liveliness and business is definitely living up to its name absolutely absolutely
but not it is time to go and check out the other side of Delhi which we really think
just does not get enough attention online
so when exploring Delhi yesterday we asked a local where they think we would be able
to find the best view of like a different part of India and they suggested we go to
a place called Cyber City which in its name sounds really futuristic and really modern
so we're heading over there right now it's our first stop for the day and we're gonna
be taking delhi's world-class Metro System to get there okay so taking the metro here
is super easy select English and then we're gonna get these tokens to Cyber City two people
and then you just insert your money
and you get these cool funky tokens
we actually have to do like three transfers but since everything's so well connected you
can easily find where to go on the map and everything's written in English as well as
Hindi which is such a treat
and so to end our ride at the Metro Network you just use that token again and you put
in the little machine that lets you out of the station super super simple but now we
have finally arrived to Cyber City Cyber City is this large corporate park that is in south
of Delhi in a place called gurugram and it basically is like a large commercial hub for
huge companies big Fortune 500 companies big IT companies they all gather at this Corporate
Park and generate a lot of bu siness activity also there's a place here that we're going
to called cyber Hub which is where there's a huge concentration of restaurants pubs and
bars and there's also one very special place that we heard about in cyber Hub that we are
really looking forward to going to so hopefully they're open
guys this is incredible this place is so cool I honestly feel like we like jumped to the
Future it's so different than where we were in Old Deli yesterday I just can't believe
like the difference so this cyber Hub is where a lot of people from working in Cyber City
would go to unwind relax get some food get some drinks go to the pub and there's lots
of stores and restaurants and even golf courses nearby so many of the stores are really familiar
like they're definitely like names that we know restaurants that we know and it's just
like the people too like everyone's so dressed up they look so fancy and business oriented
and like very very classy but I think we found what we were looking for most here in cyber
Hub so let's go
our favorite place on Earth
so as Canadians finding a Tim Hortons abroad is like one of the absolute best things that
could possibly happen to us this is like half the reason that we're here in Cyber City maybe
um
yeah maybe a medium double double and I'll get a chocolate dip donut
I didn't think I was gonna be quite this excited to be here but I am so excited I think it's
like it's like the smell of the coffee it's just like reminding us so much of home oh
my god as Canadians we're always searching for Tim Hortons and it's so difficult to find
Tim Hortons abroad but when we heard that India was opening up their very first Tim
Hortons here in Delhi we just had to check it out I want to say we're probably one of
the very first Canadians to go to the Tim Hortons in Delhi thank you and I know it's
like first impressions of India and we're getting like Tim Hortons we want to do Indian
food justice so we're not just gonna squeeze it into this video we're gonna do a whole
food Vlog tour in Old Deli of Indian food in the next video so you definitely want to
check that out if you want to see more of our first impressions trying Indian food
so out next stop is connaught place which is an area in New Delhi it's actually a really
common place for tourists to come really like quite upscale lots of shopping and restaurants
and it's also a spot where a lot of tourists stay if they're coming to visit Delhi
we got something to beat the heat but this place is really cool it's really busy there's
tons of vocals as well as like tourists and what I like about it is like the buildings
all look very similar like there's just these white buildings with like big tall white pillars
in front of them and they all surround this giant park over to our left and then there's
like a massive flag over there we're trying to make our way into this park but we're mesmerized
by this amazingly huge flag its giant this must be like the biggest flag in all of India
we don't know that so we've discovered that Uber is an excellent way to get around Delhi
and you can use Uber to actually like rent little tough tucks which is so cool this is
the first city we've ever seen that in I guess here they're called rickshaws but you can
actually order a rickshaw right on Uber from your phone which takes all the hassle out
of the bargaining which is really a treat yeah that's us hello
Nicole and I have also found that there's lots of apps that let you do like deliveries
for groceries or deliveries for food we've already used that a couple times when we've
been stuck inside our Airbnb just doing some editing while we've been here in Delhi
thank you thank you all right piece of cake all right just a 10 minute tuck tuck ride
from Connaught Place is India Gate this is the last stop of the day for us so India Gate
was created to commemorate the Indian British soldiers who lost their lives in the first
world war and it reminds us an awful lot of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris it's quite Grand
but surrounded by way less traffic okay so now that we've seen a fair amount of Delhi
I feel like I can officially give like my first impressions of India so far and personally
to me so far India is feeling like a place of dichotomies and those dichotomies just
feel like more extreme than most cities I feel like here we've really seen like new
and very wealthy and like more kind of calm areas at really really clean areas and we've
also seen more of the like dirtier pooper very busy and like hectic spots as well and
I just feel like each of those things can be found here and in such greater extremes
than we've seen in most cities of the world I think that's right like that's what makes
it so fascinating and interesting as a culture you really get those extremes and you could
really explore either side and go like probably a thousand directions from there as well because
we've only barely even touched touched the cultural and the religious aspect of India
and I'm excited to see way more of that as we travel throughout India the next couple
months we hope you enjoyed this first video of India it's really just about like the sights
and the sounds of the smells of India but the next video is going to be all about The
Taste of India because we are finally going on an Indian food tour we're so excited so
thank you guys for watching we'll catch you in the next
We forgot our rain coats we forgot our rain coats
Everything's so red everything is so red we should name it the Red Fort we're trying to
make our way into this big Park but uh I forgot what I was gonna say perfect I feel very Overexposed
did you have the exposure up ooh yeah got it I noticed it oh we got some hi guys
so friendly so friendly