Which is the best one to fly into for about 12/14 days? Cheap flights available....
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Which is the best one to fly into for about 12/14 days? Cheap flights available....
I'd say Mumbai and then you can hit the coast. Goa & Keerala.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
Altertaviley head to Dehli and make your way around Rajistaan.
All depends what your after, let me know if you want to know any specifics.
Architecture, landscape and culture. I'm not really interested in beaches and tourist bars. Delhi seems to be nosing head from what I am looking up right now on the net. I don't intend staying in any particular city for more than a few days as I prefer the bits between conurbations.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hubert Cumberdale
Visits to Agra and Jaipur are of interest....
Head to Dehli then and have a mini tour around Rajastaan.
Udapiur
Jaipuir
Jodhpur
Jaisalmer
To name a few.
Agra is really worth avoiding. If you insist on seeing the Taaj just make it a day trip.
Even the smaller places in India are huge by our standards. The beauty of the country is not really the places but the charm.
Not sure how easy it is to do in the North but when we were in the southern states we rented motorbikes and turned up and random places without any sense of direction. Probably our favourite moments.
Cheers :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hubert Cumberdale
You could head up to the foothills of the himalaya and the Ganges for a bit also from Delhi, if your not bothered about beaches I’d give the Mumbai coast a miss even though there are some great places like hampi just to the south of Goa.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
You must do a train trip, 2 daya from Delhi to Mumbai, organised chaos on Valium, but it was awesome.
I've been to Madras (Chennai), Bombay (Mumbai), Hyderabad and New Delhi over the years on business trips. Be careful with the water, don't have ice in drinks, don't eat salad or any dodgy meat products like sausages. Lovely people, lots of history but if it's your first time be prepared for a shock and pack the Imodium.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
Get right stuck in with the food.
Every curry I've had since has been nowhere near the standard.
Really wouldn't pick one above the other, both have their numerous attractions and a wealth of places to travel too to visit afterwards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
As others have said, travelling on to Rajastaan from Delhi is stunning. But flying into Bombay, so so are the temple complexes in the Decan traps and Cochin and the canals of the Kerela backwaters. Having travelled widely in India, I perhaps have a slight preference for the south, but this was almost 40 years ago so places will have changed.
But wherever you go, I'm sure you will love it and will go back to do some of the places you missed first time.
And if you go to Agra, don't miss the Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah aka the "Baby Taj", often said to be a precursor for the Taj. Stunning building and [was] much more relaxed.
Thanks for all the tips. I'll print them off. Just leapt and snapped up a cheap return flight to Delhi with Etihad from Heathrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by ryder bluebird
No amount of Imodium will save you from Delhi belly, you need there Indian booty stuff, get it before you need it coz when you have the belly you won’t be going anywhere fir 2 days.....stuck to the food they do best.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taffy Blue in Berkshire
I'm pretty well-travelled and have never had Delhi-belly as yet as I know what to try and avoid. However, there's always a first time and this may be it :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by goats
It has to be said that I could do with losing some weight....
Delhi - but you've missed the Pushka Camel Fair.
Fair enough :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by jon1959
This....Quote:
Originally Posted by Hubert Cumberdale
I’m lucky enough to travel to india every few months. Going next week again
Really liked Udapiur and that whole region
I love Mumbai and the surrounding area but wherever you go in India it's pretty mindblowing.
I think I'll schlepp up to Nepal by road from Delhi and fly back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Helen Wiggy
That would scare the shit out of me. The whole country scares the **** out of me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hubert Cumberdale
Danger outweighs the temptation!
An adventure without edge is not an adventure :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by WJ99mobile
Delhi as a destination for the culture architecture etcQuote:
Originally Posted by Hubert Cumberdale
Mumbai fior a date if what a thronging semi civilised society may be about
Delhi seemed huge to me. I always remember catching a coach out from the centre up to Rishikesh, 6 hours later we were still on the outskirts.....Quote:
Originally Posted by light up the darkness
Much the same for Mumbai, 10 lanes of traffic in all sorts of directions working in no cohesion.Quote:
Originally Posted by goats
Bus is generally the best for travelling around India maybe less so out of the big cities. That being said had a Train from Dehli to Agra delayed by around 6 hours for just a 3 hour journey. Apparently the smog was particularly bad that day so trains were running extra slow.
On a bus between Jaipur and Udapuir there was a military man with a rifle sat next to me the whole journey. Had to wake him up to go for a piss at the services. He was not amused.