i've been offered the chance to go with a really good mate of mine, a girl who i met whilst surfing in africa, she only lives half hour down the road from me in the UK and we get on super well.
shes heading out for a month at easter.
financially i can do it, also works all ok.
i'm just doing some recearch into the place and am 50/50 about it.
would be an awesome experience no doubt
anyone been?views?
cheers!
G

 

Alright mate depends where ya go i guess. But some guys i used to work with went out there with the job, most would not go back every and some had to wear an adult nappy on the flight back lol.

 

My sister was there last year and she hated it, Originally she was going to spend 2 months there but left after only 2 and a half weeks. She couldn't go anywhere without being hounded for money and men would try and touch her up wherever she went. I hope your pal is prepared for it. My sister has travelled the world for best part of last 4 years and she's seen and been in some bad places but she rates India as the worst place she's ever been.

Don't let that put you off tho.

SMG

 

as with everywhere there is always good parts and bad. i spent 2 weeks in dehli working at an airbase and the airbase and surroundign area was amazing as it was very well off but be prepared to see some very very poor people living on roundabouts and on the side of roads too.

definately an experience and in dehli worth going just for a 40mph ride in a tuk tuk the wrong way down a sliproad in the dark with no lights for 30p!!!

 

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

 

the fact that tut tut's struggle to reach 40 kph means that you just felt it was going much too fast for the surroundings

which is the other thing, just see how many forms of transportation there are over there

 

hey thanks for the replys, was kinda my take on the place, getting hassled a lot and being a bit edgy. I mean South Africa had that side to it, but the surfing more than made up for it and some parts are pretty nice as in towns etc, and the scenery is absolutely stunning their all the way up the east coast.
have got some book to read on my lunch breaks so will look into it more.
very 50/50 at the moment
then again only live once
also whats the situ with wiping your arse? is andrex a no no???!!

 

My old man was taken out there on a kind of business trip and said he would most certainly go back as he was treated like royalty and loved the place. Think it was Bangladesh mainly he was in but also visited some of the poorer districts. He said the skills most of the workers he met were truely amazing as he was looking into importing furniture and was taken to some of the factorys and was amazed by the skills and everything being done by hand.

The driving over there scared the shit out of him though as think its a free for all and cars and buses and the like bumping into each other all the time !!!

He had a fantastic experience over there and has nothing but good things to say about the place. Except he did scoff a particularly hot curry one night and gave him a right old dose of the shits for a day or two !!

 

i have never been to india but will try and go this year.

maybe.

it is a nice place but follow dojj's advice

 

for the road, the bigger the vehicle, the more right of way it has, so be extra carefull driving little cars across long bridges

 

My old man seemed to reckon that no cunt had the right of way !!!

 

i thought it was a first come first served basis on the roads of india, nobody gives a monkeys as long as they are progressing on their travels

 

I've been and would go back, granted you need to be wise and ensure that food & water is bought from a good source, its just so cheap though. The beggars's and the lame are a pest at first, you dont half see some sorry sights, expect kids looking for pencils for their education to follow you about and yeah its true about using your hand after the andex runs out

The people on the whole are friendly and there are some beautiful sights to be seen, go for it

 

let's put this andrex myth to bed once and for all

you go to the bog for a dump
you take a bottle of water with you
you use the bottle of water to wash your arse clean
then you wash your hands once you are outside the bog

the posh places to tend to provide toilet paper for tourists but otherwise it's the way it's done so either get yourself a few rags to bin on your travels or don't eat any thing

 

black boxers it is then as skids guaranteed!!
i've decided to go!
only live once!!

 

nothing wrong with india

 

its sounds like a dump full of unpleasent people

 

alot of my mates been and prefer it to then over here as for the easier life if you have the cash you will enjoy it

 

in english please

 

Alot of my friends have been and prefer it to over here, as for the easier life, if you have the cash you will enjoy it.

 

Benni

i thought thats what he ment lol wasnt 100% though lol

 

Me neither, I had two options.

 

you either have no money and then have to beg for it
or
you have loads of money and you rub the noses of the poor in that fact

 

actually, it reads better if you alter that last line to read "the rich treat the poor the same way as the british ttreated the indegiounous population"

 

I went and loved it, keep meaning to go back
backpacked/ morris oxforded around delhi/agra /jaipur rajastan, bombay
but ended up in goa , scored a royal enfield to ride around on it was fantastic, stayed a month
mind this was 15 year ago i expect Goa is shit by now on the main beaches, either find a quiet beach or go much further south
I expect calcutta or somewhere would be awesome.
get on the trains
I was eating and drinking anything i saw and was only ill a couple of times.
and as for the local conmen , they couldn't even outwit Jade from big brother so no worries there.

wear at leat 2 pairs of pants cos when i shit mine and threw them, next fart the trousers were a write-off

 

 

Where are you planning on going in India? Not that it really matters, i have only travel around Rajasthan (Mumbai, Delhi, Agra, Johdpur etc) and
its was truely an amazing experience, i would highly recommend it. The people are so so friendly and the cost of living is next to nothing, oh and the foods not bad either

 

I'm off to India & Sri Lanka in April.

The sick thing does worry me a bit! Can't you just dose up on immodium?

 

it's not just what you eat, it's because of the heat as wll as the possibility of getting some dodgy water as well

a few years ago there was a bit of an epidemic of dengue fever which my cousin caught and it was life and death for a few days so the risks are there even for the locals

and the food makes you poo a lot more as well because it's mainly vegitation, you'll go to a resteraunt and there won't be a veggie menua, there'll be a non-veg menu

 

I am learning to accept the idea that I'll be ill at some point.
Must remember big knickers.