On my last trip there in April 2009, I had hired a private taxi, a Tata Indica (from Jaipur), which came to pick us up directly at the New Delhi airport. The 4½ hour ride was very smooth and incident-free. Just while leaving Delhi, the highway passes by Gurgaon - the IT hub of northern India. We did not make any stop in mid-journey in order to (a) save time and also (b) because it was already dark at night and we were two ladies travelling alone. The ride was a very enthralling and nostalgic experience - to return to India after 2 years and find myself landed right away on an Indian highway countryside - passing what seemed to be a thousand monstrous trucks, animal-driven carts, a dozen tollway gates and what not. The worst part of the entire journey was the pollution - toxic fumes and dust - inescapable even in an air-conditioned car. The return journey from Jaipur to Delhi airport took considerably longer - 6 hours - due to the traffic throughout the route on the highway. Luckily, we had left 8 hours before our flight time. We had also made a 'Midway' rest stop on the journey - and the place had surpassed my expectations. I was expecting to see a dirty, rundown little roadstop with unmaintained facilities. But when I got there, I was immediately impressed with all the modern amenities - clean toilets, a shop selling almost eveything you might need, and lots of food options to fill our hungry stomachs. I didn't feel unsafe for even a moment as there were so many other travellers from dozens of other tourist buses, cars & taxis, also taking a break from their journeys.