india is possibly the cheapest "civilised" place to live, but here are a few pointers regardless of where you go

only drink water that you have seen filtered in a filter bucket or from a sealed bottle, to do anything else is to risk seriuosly fucking yourself up

don't ask for extra chilli, this will seriously fuck you up

don't give to beggers, once they see you have money they won't stop hounding you

make sure you go with someone who will see that you don't get ripped off for fares, carriage charges, basicly everything will go up by at least 300% as soon as they know you are an outsider

don't make the mistake of thinking you'll be ok with just your wits about you, india is full of conmen who will scam you as soon as look at you, and don't think the police will help much either, the phrase "money talks" has never been as apt as it is in india

go there and enjoy yourself and don't take too many risks with the basics and the rest looks after itself

and they normally tend to show great admiration of people who speak proper english (beause they think they will have more money to dish out )

the sticks are much nicer places to visit than the crowded parts too as you can see the calmness rather than the constant hubhub of peole pushing their way past