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Quick holiday in India
Hi,
I would like to take my two teenage kids to India for a 7 day holiday. All we'll really have time for will be visits to Agra (day trip), Varanassi (2-3 days) and Goa (2-3 days). We won't have a huge budget so will be staying in backpacker style accomodation. I've seen that it's possible to join these dots by air, but the quotes I got from the web were somewhat more expensive than I expected. Any hints or tips regarding good deals? Also - would travel to Goa in May be a dumb idea? Thanks, Mike. |
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"Mike Preece" wrote in message ... Also - would travel to Goa in May be a dumb idea? Yes. It's far too hot, 35 in the shade is normal, the charter flights have stopped so half the places that cater to tourists are shut, the beach hut licenses all end in late May so they may be closed and there's a lot of sickness about because the water levels are very low (the monsoon will be less than a month away) -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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"Mike Preece" wrote in message ... Hi, I would like to take my two teenage kids to India for a 7 day holiday. All we'll really have time for will be visits to Agra (day trip), Varanassi (2-3 days) and Goa (2-3 days). We won't have a huge budget so will be staying in backpacker style accomodation. I've seen that it's possible to join these dots by air, but the quotes I got from the web were somewhat more expensive than I expected. Any hints or tips regarding good deals? Also - would travel to Goa in May be a dumb idea? The itinerary is far too ambitious.. 168 hours to cover three disparate points, on backpacker money? No. You will spend 60 hours of your trip in taxis, airports, buses, autorickshaws and queues. Another 50 hours will be spent sleeping. Allow 20 hours for eating, showering and finding and using a decent toilet, and another very conservative 20 hours for the "India factor" (unexpected delays, mixed-up bookings, traffic jams, bungled meal orders) and you have 18 hours left to see the "real India." That's assuming your two teenage kids can be relied upon to be in the right place, properly organised, ready to go and keen to experience a foreign culture at every step along the way, without arguing, either with you or each other. Everything in India is bigger, more crowded, further away and less efficient than you can possibly imagine. You must go. It's great. But in one week, you can go to one place, maybe with a side trip to somewhere not far away, or fly into one city, and out of another, covering the distance between overland or by plane. |
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On Apr 7, 4:23*pm, Mike Preece wrote:
Hi, I would like to take my two teenage kids to India for a 7 day holiday. All we'll really have time for will be visits to Agra (day trip), Varanassi (2-3 days) and Goa (2-3 days). We won't have a huge budget so will be staying in backpacker style accomodation. I've seen that it's possible to join these dots by air, but the quotes I got from the web were somewhat more expensive than I expected. Any hints or tips regarding good deals? Also - would travel to Goa in May be a dumb idea? Thanks, Mike. Very little time to visit so many places, also its the hottest time of the year. It would be far more enjoyable to visit cooler places such as Darjeeling, Nainital or Simla in the north or Ooty and Bangalore in the south which are fairly close .... about 270 km or so... if i remember correctly and can be covered in a short trip ... just a suggestion. I have grown up in that country and those were the kind of places we chose to visit during school summer holidays. The one time we didn't it was a nightmare. I am making a short trip to Bangalore in May to see my relatives and attend a wedding. My first trip to the city ....they tell me there's much to see there. |
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On Apr 11, 9:35*pm, A Human Being
wrote: I am making a short trip to Bangalore in May to see my relatives and attend a wedding. My first trip to the city ....they tell me there's much to see there. Not much to see in the city itself, but lots outside. Cheers, George W Russell Bangalore |
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Mike Preece wrote:
: Hi, : : I would like to take my two teenage kids to India for a 7 day holiday. : All we'll really have time for will be visits to Agra (day trip), : Varanassi (2-3 days) and Goa (2-3 days). We won't have a huge budget : so will be staying in backpacker style accomodation. I've seen that : it's possible to join these dots by air, but the quotes I got from the : web were somewhat more expensive than I expected. Any hints or tips : regarding good deals? Also - would travel to Goa in May be a dumb : idea? I hate to be negative, but I do think that going to India in May is a bad idea. That, plus your ambitious itinerary would make this trip a memorable torture. Save your money for a better day. I would try in September-March, Oct-Feb would be great. Agra and Varanasi are near Delhi. Goa is far away, near Mumbai (formerly Bombay). Therefore you should buy an open-jaw ticket. Go to Mumbai (visit Goa); return from Delhi. Or go to Delhi and return from Mumbai. This will save one flight within India. Still, one week is not enough and don't go in May. |
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