India

Ive been to India spent 4 weeks there with the Mrs mainly working in Dehli. Took 5 days off and did the typical Dehli, Jaipur and Agra tour. Enjoyed it immensely, we booked a tour through a company. Had a driver take us round and arranged guides at the major sites. Worked out much easier than trying to do it ourselves, haggling at every point would have been a nightmare. What else do you want to know? Didn't go up to Kashmir unfortunately, probably would have been a good idea to do it then given the current state of affairs!

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Interesting blog tres. I'm not entirely following the reason that so many people die or get injured on the rickshaw run though, considering their top speed must be about 10mph. Is it just the nature of the roads that leads to people crashing over the edge etc? You have some funny jokers on your team by the way, looking at the comments in their profiles!
 
If it's anything like Bangladesh then it smells and looks like a toilet, I wouldn't touch it with a barg pole. My trip to Dhaka was the worst holiday of my life
 
I have been many time to visit family, the last few years I have been going with work quite often.

Its such a pain and I hate every visit more and more lol.
 
I have been to India 7 or 8 times in the last 10 years. There are some spectacular sights, but you will also encounter ridiculous overcrowding, appalling poverty, and a lot of rude and strange behaviour.

If you are looking to go to the North/ North West then obviously you should go to Rajasthan. I would really recommend Udaipur as a stand out place. It is less touristy than Jaipur, is very beautiful, and is a good base for seeing things like Chittorgarh.

Delhi, is a cesspit, but has a few interesting things to see, so is worth putting up with for a few days. Agra, is also a cesspit and full of scoundrels but the Tay Mahal is a must see. If you can afford it I would recommend considering taking a private car from delhi for the day, rather than staying in Agra.

In general I would recommend hiring your own driver, it makes the whole experience much more tolerable.

If you are of western appearance, be prepared to have locals staring in an extremely rude manner (i.e. beyond curious, plain weird). also people tend not to respect your personal space, i.e people will stand right behind you in a queue as if they are trying to rub themselves against you.
 
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