I still can't believe India gets ANY tourists to be honest.
0 desire to EVER go there
Heck pay for hotel/food and the entire trip and chances are I'm still not going.
How's Kolkata? My company is trying to send me there for a few weeks :hmm:
I still can't believe India gets ANY tourists to be honest.
0 desire to EVER go there
Heck pay for hotel/food and the entire trip and chances are I'm still not going.
Kerala is amazing. That was one of the first places I went in India. I'd highly recommend that all first time visitors to India go there FIRST. If you were to start in Delhi, Agra, or Varanasi like most people do it could really give you a bad first impression.
You have to realize there's a large difference in any country as large as India between different areas. Obviously if you're going for a vacation in India you wouldn't be staying in the slums but at a decent hotel.
Now unless you're staying at a closed resort with guided tours you would have to deal with the public and that's not for everyone. I figure the tourist areas are like any other in that the locals are trying to milk you.
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Been to Pakistan - no desire to ever go to anywhere in the Middle East or South Asia again.
What's the issue there ? is it too much population ? I mean I see those meme with thousands of people hanging off the train. Do they need to have population control like china ?
Do a houseboat thing there? heard that was popular for Westerns.
Yeah I did one for a couple days. It was pretty nice but a bit overrated. The thing with Kerala, unlike a horrible place like Delhi, is that the people are amazing. I was getting invited to people's homes, free rides, given medicine on the honor system (I didn't have my wallet on me), etc. Just a really nice and beautiful place. Plus the food is really good down there. Afterwards I went up into the mountains and that was even better, although it rained a lot.
India is a giant place. If you were to go to the US but hit up Detroit first you would have a vastly different opinion compared to hitting up Pacific Beach in San Diego. The same is true of India. Personally I would highly recommend visiting the southern regions of the country first. I know that the Taj Mahal and all that is up north but it's a far more difficult part of the country to travel in so it's in your best interests to get a good impression first.
I've spent a couple months in India, been there twice, and would have spent more time if I could have. Fly into Mumbai and head south. Then go north. Places like Delhi are really no fun so just see the main tourist attractions and get out.