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mnhnhyouh
Joined: 21 Nov 2006
Location: The Middle Kingdom
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| desultude wrote: |
Yeah, I have been to a lot of pretty dirty places, but I have been assured that nothing has prepared me for India.
On the positive side, I don't know anyone who has regretted going there. Well. I take that back. A friend told me the other day about this woman we know who saved up forever for her "spiritual journey" to India. She spent a day and a half in Delhi, and got the next flight home! |
Yep, I ran away from Delhi pretty quickly as well 
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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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Much of India is dirty, no question. How people wear white clothes and keep them spotless all day is something I never could figure out. I opted for salwar kameez and saris in dark colors.
Take hand sanitizer with you and use it liberally. If you're going to wear open shoes, like sandals or chappals, bring or buy a pumice stone. Be ready to soak your feet in the evening and scrub the heck out of them with the stone; that is some industrial-strength dirt and it takes a lot of work to get it off your feet at the end of each day. Wear closed-toe shoes and you'll be a lot happier.
I love Delhi but then I lived in an upper-class neighborhood in the south. And there's a lot more to India than Delhi, for goodness' sake. Delhi not where I'd head for a spiritual journey.
Btw, if you think Korean traffic is chaotic, it's going to look positively civilized compared to Indian traffic. |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:24 am Post subject: |
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| ella wrote: |
Much of India is dirty, no question. How people wear white clothes and keep them spotless all day is something I never could figure out. I opted for salwar kameez and saris in dark colors.
Take hand sanitizer with you and use it liberally. If you're going to wear open shoes, like sandals or chappals, bring or buy a pumice stone. Be ready to soak your feet in the evening and scrub the heck out of them with the stone; that is some industrial-strength dirt and it takes a lot of work to get it off your feet at the end of each day. Wear closed-toe shoes and you'll be a lot happier.
I love Delhi but then I lived in an upper-class neighborhood in the south. And there's a lot more to India than Delhi, for goodness' sake. Delhi not where I'd head for a spiritual journey.
Btw, if you think Korean traffic is chaotic, it's going to look positively civilized compared to Indian traffic. |
I don't plan on being long in Delhi. The hand sanitizer is a good idea. I am thinking closed toed shoes are the best idea, in terms of protecting my feet.
I find the driving in Florida much more difficult than in Korea. I would imagine Delhi traffic to be like Saigon's on steriods. I surely won't be driving!
Ella, you give great advice. Thanks. |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:32 am Post subject: |
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| What's been boggling my mind all day, is how can someone like Ella, who worries sooooo much about Korea and the bathtub/oven thing, survive even one day in India? How in the world could she stand those filthy streets and the scrubbing of her filhty feet at night??? When it comes to Korea, she sounds more like a princess than me. Every apt. I have ever lived in in Korea either had neither, or one without the other, when it came to bathtubs/ovens. I bet Korea is heaven compared to India. I still want to go see the Taj though. I just can't imagine being covered in filth after being out all day. I guess I will look like the dumb tourist too when i bring bottled water. |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:41 am Post subject: |
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| princess wrote: |
| What's been boggling my mind all day, is how can someone like Ella, who worries sooooo much about Korea and the bathtub/oven thing, survive even one day in India? How in the world could she stand those filthy streets and the scrubbing of her filhty feet at night??? When it comes to Korea, she sounds more like a princess than me. Every apt. I have ever lived in in Korea either had neither, or one without the other, when it came to bathtubs/ovens. I bet Korea is heaven compared to India. I still want to go see the Taj though. I just can't imagine being covered in filth after being out all day. I guess I will look like the dumb tourist too when i bring bottled water. |
I suspect you will look like everyone else. |
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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:09 am Post subject: |
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| Ella, who worries sooooo much about Korea and the bathtub/oven thing, |
I think you're confusing me with "ellamarie," who is a different poster. |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:20 am Post subject: |
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| ella wrote: |
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| Ella, who worries sooooo much about Korea and the bathtub/oven thing, |
I think you're confusing me with "ellamarie," who is a different poster. |
Oops..I'm sorry Ella  |
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