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wrote in message ups.com... On Oct 24, 6:39 pm, "William Black" wrote: "Alan S" wrote in message ... On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:18:48 +0100, "William Black" wrote: And don't take pictures of cremations. He won't see any. Presumably I would be breaking some taboo or courtesy custom? No Idea. I've spent about a third of the past two years in India and I've only seen one, and that was of a senior politician held in Shivaji Park in Bombay where there were TV cameras and more press photographers than you could shake a stick at. As a general rule funeral rites don't happen in the places where tourists go to. What about Varanasi? Never been. Anyone who wants to take pictures of funerals is, in my opinion, more than a touch odd. -- 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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"grusl" wrote in message ... "Alan S" wrote in message ... On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:45:06 +0100, "William Black" wrote: Indian doctors don't like their patients injecting themselves because one feature of Indian life is the commonly held theory that of some medicine is good for you then more should be better for you... This is not normally considered a good policy for injecting diabetics. Works spectacularly in the short term...of course, there is no long term. I thought there was a kind of patient pressure on Indian doctors to offer injectable medicines rather than oral. The perception is that as it's more invasive it must do more good. Depends on the Indian. The Indian Christian culture seems generally to be a great believer in Hindu traditional medicine, the Hindu community seems to prefer Western medicine, the Muslim community seems not to wander from itself too much. In my experience Indians do rather tend to hypochondria. -- 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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"grusl" wrote in message ... "Angel" wrote in message ups.com... Hi Alan Namaste !!! Welcome to india . My name is Sonam and am working with travel agency in New Delhi ,it is always advisible to take the services of tour operator if you want to enjoy your travel without any tensions.I myself is working in a travel agency & would love to serve you when in india .As i think you must have done some research on india or if you want more information regarding travelling in india you can mail me at ) or . we can arrange your trip to india at a cost of $700-800/- in all . Visitors should watch out for dodgy travel operators in India, especially around Delhi. Dodgy everything round Delhi. Most of the rest of India won't do business with people from Delhi... -- 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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On Oct 25, 6:02 am, "grusl" wrote:
"Angel" wrote in message ups.com... Hi Alan Namaste !!! Welcome to india . My name is Sonam and am working with travel agency in New Delhi ,it is always advisible to take the services of tour operator if you want to enjoy your travel without any tensions.I myself is working in a travel agency & would love to serve you when in india .As i think you must have done some research on india or if you want more information regarding travelling in india you can mail me at ) or . we can arrange your trip to india at a cost of $700-800/- in all . Visitors should watch out for dodgy travel operators in India, especially around Delhi. Most tourists start out there, so it's the logical place to rip off new arrivals who don't know what to expect and how to handle themselves. |
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wrote in message ps.com... On Oct 25, 6:02 am, "grusl" wrote: "Angel" wrote in message ups.com... Hi Alan Namaste !!! Welcome to india . My name is Sonam and am working with travel agency in New Delhi ,it is always advisible to take the services of tour operator if you want to enjoy your travel without any tensions.I myself is working in a travel agency & would love to serve you when in india .As i think you must have done some research on india or if you want more information regarding travelling in india you can mail me at ) or . we can arrange your trip to india at a cost of $700-800/- in all . Visitors should watch out for dodgy travel operators in India, especially around Delhi. Most tourists start out there, so it's the logical place to rip off new arrivals who don't know what to expect and how to handle themselves. Which is interesting. Many Golden Triangle tours seem to start in Delhi and have a week sitting on a beach in Goa or Kerala at the end. Clever tourists, almost invariably independents or people who are going to India on a subsequent visit, start by sitting on the same beach acclimatising themselves before the tour. The trick seems to be to get the climate/cultural/food shocks over with before you start on the tourist trail. My really good tip for tourists in India is to go shopping in Bombay on the way home. Mind you, two pairs of prescription spectacles bought in Bombay will save you more than the price of the air tickets there from Europe. -- 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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"William Black" wrote in message ... Many Golden Triangle tours seem to start in Delhi and have a week sitting on a beach in Goa or Kerala at the end. Clever tourists, almost invariably independents or people who are going to India on a subsequent visit, start by sitting on the same beach acclimatising themselves before the tour. The trick seems to be to get the climate/cultural/food shocks over with before you start on the tourist trail. My really good tip for tourists in India is to go shopping in Bombay on the way home. Mind you, two pairs of prescription spectacles bought in Bombay will save you more than the price of the air tickets there from Europe. I think if Delhi had been my first port of call, I might not have moved to India at all. As it was, it was Madras/Chennai, which is also awful on so many levels but at least it made Bangalore an easy choice. Still, I'd give Calcutta/Kolkata a shot, and Hyderabad too (weather permitting on both counts) and I'm quite fond of Vishakapatnam of all places, but I realise its limitations as a place to live. I haven't seen enough of the north to make any kind of call, but Simla/Shimla was disappointing, as was Jaipur. Goa is on the "to do" list, just to say I've been there, but my expectations are not high. Cheers, George W Russell Bangalore |
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On Oct 25, 1:17 pm, "William Black"
wrote: wrote in message On Oct 25, 6:02 am, "grusl" wrote: "Angel" wrote in message Visitors should watch out for dodgy travel operators in India, especially around Delhi. Most tourists start out there, so it's the logical place to rip off new arrivals who don't know what to expect and how to handle themselves. Which is interesting. Many Golden Triangle tours seem to start in Delhi and have a week sitting on a beach in Goa or Kerala at the end. Delhi - Varanasi - Agra - Rajasthan - Mumbai is common also. Clever tourists, almost invariably independents or people who are going to India on a subsequent visit, start by sitting on the same beach acclimatising themselves before the tour. Or start in the South and work your way North rather than the other way around. The trick seems to be to get the climate/cultural/food shocks over with before you start on the tourist trail. Also it depends how much general Third World travel experience you have. If you've seen extreme poverty before, are used to people trying to rip you off, are not expecting luxury conditions, and know how to reduce your risk of getting sick, then you will have a much easier time in India. If you have never been to the Third World before, chances are you will be overwhelmed by the poverty, heat, pollution and scams. India is a much more difficult destination for an inexperienced traveler than somewhere like Thailand or Morocco. |
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"grusl" wrote in message ... Goa is on the "to do" list, just to say I've been there, but my expectations are not high. To be honest it's a lot worse than it was a couple of years ago. The towns are full of package tourists, sinister looking Russians and people looking something like hippies looked a couple of decades ago, but without any girls, and Indians who think a drunken night out is a novelty. Layered on top of this is a rapidly shrinking semi-permanent European population who are fleeing to other bits of India (or even Thailand) because the cost of living in Goa is almost as high as the UK these days. The beaches are still nice and empty, if you put the time and trouble into finding a nice empty one, and the food is still exceptional if you can find someone who will cook you real Goan food and not 'chips with everything' tourist trash and the booze is dead cheap and if you can find some home-made Fenny you're in for a treat. -- 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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wrote in message oups.com... If you have never been to the Third World before, chances are you will be overwhelmed by the poverty, heat, pollution and scams. India is a much more difficult destination for an inexperienced traveler than somewhere like Thailand or Morocco. I'm always astonished by Europeans in their twenties walking about India in dark coloured 'combat' shorts and a 'heavy metal' T-shirt, often seen carrying a huge back-pack, who seem amazed that the locals treat them as a sort of walking wallet. On the other hand if you make a small effort to speak a word or two of the local language and dress in a suitable/acceptable manner (and hire someone to carry your baggage) you'll find the locals are delighted and that their English improves beyond all measure. -- 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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"William Black" kirjoitti .. . On the other hand if you make a small effort to speak a word or two of the local language and dress in a suitable/acceptable manner (and hire someone to carry your baggage) you'll find the locals are delighted and that their English improves beyond all measure. Word or two just won't carry you anywhere. "Heavy metal" T-shirts are both suitable and acceptable. If local people saw this differently, it is their business. Of course anyone (especially slender ones) can hire porters. |
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