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India for the summer(June/July/August)...

  • 01-04-2010 6:33pm
    #1
    macca1983
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    Good time to go? Any tips on where to go? 2,000 Euro enough for 3 months?


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  • #2
    breadmonkey
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    Not a particularly good time to go as it's Monsoon season but that's not a huge deal really. €2k will be enough but you'd certainly have to watch what you're spending.

    The country is HUGE and there are lots and lots and lots of places to visit. Where are you flying into?


  • #3
    makl
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    breadmonkey wrote: »
    Not a particularly good time to go as it's Monsoon season but that's not a huge deal really. €2k will be enough but you'd certainly have to watch what you're spending.

    yea whats the craic there during monsoon, does it be raining all the time or half and half with the sun? and if or when sun is out how hot and humid is it in comparison to easter?


  • #4
    dory
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    Well I was in Delhi for most of last summer and it rained twice. I spent two weeks in Karnataka and Hyderabad and it never rained. I've spent a few summers in the north east, in Meghalaya and it rained once or twice a week for an hour or two. I've never had rain in Kolkata but I've seen photos my friends put up of wading in thigh high water. I think you can just get lucky, or now. Either way it wouldn't stop me going to India.

    The heat is worse, but in just about every where I've been bar Kolkata it's dry heat, which is much more bearable than humidity.


  • #5
    cfitz
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    I can't remember which months are rainy - they vary depending on what part of India you're in. I'd say you should be able to find a chart online, if not check out Lonely Planet or Rough Guide. Some Indian cities probably feel fairly dirty if there's a lot of water on the ground!

    I didn't come home from India with a very good impression of the place, but it was a really interesting trip. There were times when dealing with tiresome people (in Northern India especially) sucked a huge amount of enjoyment from the trip. It's a huge country though so I probably only really saw a tiny part of the culture. Anyway, here's where I've been and what I thought:

    North
    Delhi - The squalor and challenge of this place can be a bit of an adventure. Overall it's pretty miserable so maybe avoid it at the start of your trip. Possibly the ugliest city I've ever been to.

    Agra - Taj Mahal is well well worth a visit. Agra doesn't seem to have a great reputation but I thought it was a big step up from Delhi. Other places not too far from Agra are Fatepur Sikri (Moghul ruins) and Bharatpur (bird and wildlife sanctuary).

    Jaipur - Really busy, noisy and polluted but a lot of character. I don't know if I'd go out of my way to get to Jaipur but I did like the place. Some great forts etc to visit.

    Sawai Madhopur (Ranthambore) - Go here to see a wild tiger. Allow about a week to be safe (you can leave earlier if you spot one in the first few days). Nothing much going on here apart from trips into the park to find a tiger but it's nice to get out of the awfulness of Indian cities for a while too.


    South (Kerala only)
    Cochin - Nice city, far more relaxed than the cities we visited in the North.

    Marari Beach - Beautiful and unspoilt, a gem of a place. Absolutely lovely. Kick back here until you get bored. Do an overnight backwater trip on a houseboat near here too.

    Kovalam - Beach resort very much aimed at tourists. Fairly nice, more expensive than the rest of Kerala. Lots of nice fish to be had in the seafront restaurants.


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