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endo
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 Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:32 am Post subject: Question for Experienced India Travelers? |
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Kolkata - Varanasi - Agra - Udaipur - Jodhpur - Jaisalmer - Delhi
Could this route be comfortably completed in one month?
I would be using a train to travel.
Or should I just concentrate on Delhi and Rajasthan?
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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:20 am Post subject: |
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| One of the best things about travel in India is you can change your plans as you go. That's a lot to see in one month but it's doable, and if you find you want to linger a little longer in any particular place you always can. Are you planning on sleeping on the trains? |
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endo
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:05 am Post subject: |
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I had always hoped to have at least four months to see India,and perhaps I will in the future; however, currently the most time I can take off at the moment is a full month.
I'm planning on sleeping on a few of the trains and maybe flying from Agra to Udaipur. But we'll see. I won't have the time off untill November so I still have a lot of time to plan.
Ella, do you know of any large holidays in November in India? Wasn't there somefestival of lights orsomething?
Also, have you been to Jaipur? Is it worth seeing or should I concentrate my time in Rajishtan on Udaipur - Jodhpur - Jaisalmer? |
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mark dew
Joined: 19 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:45 am Post subject: Re: Question for Experienced India Travelers? |
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| endo wrote: |
Kolkata - Varanasi - Agra - Udaipur - Jodhpur - Jaisalmer - Delhi
Could this route be comfortably completed in one month?
I would be using a train to travel.
Or should I just concentrate on Delhi and Rajasthan?
Thanks in advance. |
None of those journeys are long enough to be sleeping on a train if you do in that order.
kolkata 3 days, varanasi 3 more with 1/2 days travel and recovery. Agra a day and a half + half days travel from varanasi. udaipur, jodhpur and jaisalmer i don't know. Around 8 hours travel on a bus maybe to udaipur. Probably a couple of days but jaisalmer is supposed to be worth staying longer. ie desert trek.
Delhi is worth 3 or 4 days or much longer but you can see what you want there within 3 days.
The festival of lights is diwali i think. Wherever you are it will be a laff.
Jaipur is worth a couple of days but apart from an afternoon at tiger fort and maybe another 1/2 day there is very little there In fact it is a s h i t hole, but palace of the winds is very pretty and will occupy you for five minutes as you walk past it down the street.
In november you will struggle getting reservations heading south as most people are working their way towards goa from the mountains at that time.
Oh yeah, use the trains when you can unless you are shorter than 5 foot. Apart from the seat sizes the trains are an amazing way to experience india. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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| I wonder if its safe to sleep on the train.?You're just inviting a robbery.especially if you have all your money travellers checks passport on you |
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ella
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Diwali this year is on October 28th. Diwali is sort of a combination of Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's a BIG family/travel holiday. In the weeks before and after trains and motels fill up. If you are traveling during that time be sure to book well in advance. Around Diwali kids set off long strands of firecrackers (BIG firecrackers, more like small bombs) which can make things pretty noisy, sometimes all night long. Bring good quality earplugs!
Sleeping on Indian trains is an art form. They can be cramped and noisy depending on the class you pick. Technically they're non-smoking but that's not always observed. Don't accept food from strangers. Bring your own snacks and water. Don't leave your bag unattended, take it with you if you have to go to the bathroom. Find a cloth store, buy a length of cheap fabric and wrap your bag or backpack in it, that way it'll look more like a poor person's bundle than a tourist's bag with expensive goodies in it. Also, take a cable lock with you and lock your bag to the cot while you're sleeping. |
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mark dew
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| ella wrote: |
Diwali this year is on October 28th. Diwali is sort of a combination of Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's a BIG family/travel holiday. In the weeks before and after trains and motels fill up. If you are traveling during that time be sure to book well in advance. Around Diwali kids set off long strands of firecrackers (BIG firecrackers, more like small bombs) which can make things pretty noisy, sometimes all night long. Bring good quality earplugs!
Sleeping on Indian trains is an art form. They can be cramped and noisy depending on the class you pick. Technically they're non-smoking but that's not always observed. Don't accept food from strangers. Bring your own snacks and water. Don't leave your bag unattended, take it with you if you have to go to the bathroom. Find a cloth store, buy a length of cheap fabric and wrap your bag or backpack in it, that way it'll look more like a poor person's bundle than a tourist's bag with expensive goodies in it. Also, take a cable lock with you and lock your bag to the cot while you're sleeping. |
thats very good advice. Also, when you make a reservation on a train if it is an overnight journey ask for a top bunk and be polite when you do it.
The mid and lower bunks on trains become seats for the masses during the day.
The top bunks are yours for as long as your journey lasts. |
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