It's always been a dream of mine to visit India. It comes off as a world of mystery, exoticness, and wonder. I adore the food, love history, and am fascinated by religions and cultures.Anybody been? Any recommendtions? Looking to go next year.
>>2817442It's a shithole. However, I would admit its monuments are among the most beautiful ones I've visited. The thing is, well, it's still India, and sooner or later you're gonna have to exit the monument and see the Indian way of life.
>>2817453**will admit
>>2817442You’ll have a bad time
>>2817442I'm here now. Idk what all the pussies whine about. The cities in Indonesia are worse. Huge holes falling into sewers or no sidewalks at all. The women are uglier in India on average and the hygiene is worse but the food in India is S-tier and you can easily spend a year here getting into all sorts of adventure and strange experiences. You either love it or you hate it. I love chaos and bustle and myriad opportunities. You won't know until you get here
>>2817479>the food in India is S-tierShit tier?
>>2817480who doesn't love a cheeky curry, mate? luv muh curry sauce.
>>2817479What places are you going to? I'm heading there next month and plan to travel around for about 2 months
>>2817482Dunno. Not really a planner. I have a one year visa. Just gonna chill and see what comes to mind later. Want to see Mumbai though, just because of how insanely huge it is and wealth disparities
>>2817479Why would you say "I'm here now" and not share any details beyond generic India praise? India seems rather short on hotels compared to Southeast Asia. A city like Beed with 200K people has only four bookable hotels, all of which are next to the main thru highway. This place looks pretty nice for only $13, but the location is ass.
>>2817482You should go to Varanasi, Rajgir, Savasthi, Kushinagar and Vesali.
>>2817442I went and got terrible food poisoning to the point I thought I was going to die. I couldn’t stop shitting. I only went to “safe restaurants” too. It’s all a lie. It’s always a lie.
>>2817479>>2817481I don't think Bongs understand. Maybe Indian food and curry is normal to you the same way every American even the most virulently racist redneck type has had Chinese food or Mexican food. But nobody here but Indians eats Indian food. Even seeing the Indian font letters outside a business is immediately off-putting and repulsive to us.
>>2817442>Anybody been? Any recommendtions? Looking to go next year.Yeah. Bring enough MREs so you don't have to eat the local food. 2 MREs a day is fine, 1 if you don't mind losing a couple pounds.Drink only bottled water from chain stores only the biggest most popular brands. Indians do this thing where they refill and reseal trash bottles with tap water and sell them at small stores, so you might be drinking sewage if you get water that way. Treat the country as a hostile alien planet and any exposure might kill you, and you will be fine.Do not even react to touts/beggers, if you look at them and tell them no they take it to mean they should try harder. Violence works if you think nobody is looking, a jab in the kidney will get most persistent pests to fuck off. Practice your "1 inch punch". It's possible to severely discourage indians without making any overt body motions.Unfortunately none of the food is safe because it is handled by animals with no hygiene who cross contaminate everything. Don't go there for the food.If something seems sus, it is sus. All Indians are ratfuck theives scammers and homosexual rapists. It's a semi open pvp zone so if you enjoy hurting people, you can let yourself be scammed and when they get you isolated, you can lay into them. They are very weak. An untrained sedentary white man can easily take 2 or 3 Indians at once. If you have any training and conditioning at all, the number of Indians you can cripple or knock unconscious depends only on your stamina.A white mma fighter could commit a mass murder in India with his hands only and nobody would show up to stop him. He would just run out of energy and need to take a break.Anyways, you'll get sick no matter what because eventually you will fuck one of their nasty women and her polluted cunt will transfer jeetstink to you and wipe you out for a couple days anyways. Wear an astronaut suit and weild a crowbar maybe. Good luck.
>>2817603Calm down anon. Stay home in fact >>2817582>I don't think Bongs understandNot a bong>>2817564>Why would you say "I'm here now" and not share any details beyond generic India praise?Maybe I'm just not a very helpful person
I was planning to go for 3 months, ended up leaving after 1, which 2 weeks were spent in a beach hut in Goa. It's shit. You will get sick, you will get scammed, the constant honking noise and crippled beggar kids tugging on your pants while rubbing their bellies will eventually get to you.
>>2817624Sounds like you're a bit weak and fussy. Goa. What an NPC destination
>>2817603lmao good descriptionfarthest I've gone though is just shoving them aside which they take quite personally, they are incredibly weak thoughit's fun chaos, just get some ketamine and benzos and wander around like a hindu cowrishikesh, bhagsu, gokarna, kerala, pushkar, have some fun
>>2817603>>2817639I don't get what bothers you guys so much. Maybe you're short? Scrawny jeets ask me "where you from?" "Hello friend" "which country?" Who cares. A little intimidation and they go away. Great food, nature, weird shit to explore. This is my second time in India. Never got sick, knock on wood. I just think there's a lot of pussies on here.
>>2817647the only time I got physical is when jeets budged in line and wouldn't listen to reason, so I gave em a shove and they got lostwhat do you do when jeets budge in front of you? anyway I spent 16 months in india and had a great time, did you even read my post? didn't even say I was bothered, you sound like a queer
>>2817672Idk which one you are, you're either the alarmist, hysterical one or the one agreeing with him. Someone was pushing infront of me yesterday when lining up for a train ticket. I told the guy there was a line here. He disappeared. Sounds like you're just not very intimidating. Perhaps you're physically always looking up to men and struggling to be heard? Idk what it's like to be small.
>>2817442best thing to do>sexy dance parties w dancing israelis and other kinkster hippies in Himachal >the intentional community of auroville>staying in between all the universities in bangalore and having lots of sex>jaisalmer and pushkar Overrated>agra >jaipur>rishikesh>goa in fact I don’t like anything Indian with beach and water SEA is right there massive waste of timePlace I’d like to go >hampi but it’s worse nowHorrible place (but haven’t been)Varanasi, in fact, if you like Varanasi you should discard everything I said were too different.
>>2817626I've been to Delhi, Calcutta, Bombay and Varanasi. Goa was to rest and recover from food poisoning and what I believe was coronavirus ( that was in early 2020).
>>2817479This is true, though India has some hotties. The problem is women are oddly rare outside. It's seriously a 10 to 1 man to woman ratio out there. To answer the OP, Mumbai and Jaisalmer are my favorites in India. No majorly bad experiences there. And the good things were simply incredible. Scenery, food, architecture-all worth it. Delhi has some cool shit but it's a generally ugly area. And not just as a city. It's in a flat, dry, gloomy environment. Kind of cursed from its inception.
India looks more and more likely as my first overseas destination. Tough to beat picrel for flying out of RDU. Start my overseas adventure by walking out of BOM airport at one o'clock in the morning.>>2817603Travel with your own water bottle, and use water purification tablets. That's what I plan to do.>>2817580Your gut is weak and incapable of processing toxins in food without having a complete meltdown. My colon is cranky as fuck and perpetually inflamed, but it does its damn job of absorbing the toxins and breaking them down. You should avoid drinking too much liquid with or after a meal, no matter how spicy it is, in order to ensure your digestive juices remain concentrated enough to destroy any bacteria which are present.>>2817626NPCs don't go to Goa anymore. They all go to Thailand. >>2817675Yep, learn to reprimand people when they behave inappropriately. It's not difficult if you have a naturally stern nature.
>>2817908>never been overseas>starts lecturing people on gut fortitude and how to deal with third worldieslol you're in for a treat
>>2817675>Idk which one you are>Idk what it's like to be small.so you're an obese retard with no reading comprehensionburger I take it
>>2817442>Anybody been? Any recommendtions? Looking to go next year.it's really fun but everything people say is also kind of true, it's very dirty, you will get sick, etc >>2817479this the level of freedom in india is fucking amazing, you can do anything, literally whatever you want, even with like $1000 a month for poor explorers there is no better country in my opinion
>>2817908What are you, who has never left the States, giving anyone advice?
>>2817909First overseas destination of the 2025-2026 travel season, sorry>>2817959So you can be a ketamine and cannabis addled goofball clownmaxxing in the streets and everyone's gonna clown along with you instead of giving you dirty looks like "who is this creepy weirdo, can you just go away please?"Reckon that could be fun.
>>2817977>everyone's gonna clown along with younot at all, that isn't what I said you can go on adventures with people you meet in the hostels, both indian and foreigner, but "everyone" is a massive stretch, you need to remember where you are lmaothe indians in hostels will be upper class, more open to adventure, more culturally similar to you as an American or European.outside of that, the ones you meet in the streets or whatever will have nothing whatsoever in common with you, and will think you are some kind of criminal for using drugs and alcohol (aside from the goons who actually are criminals) >giving you dirty looks like "who is this creepy weirdo, can you just go away please?"I mean there's so many retards on the streets in india that this probably won't happen unless you are walking in the streets naked or screaming or something
>>2817977I did smoke weed in india but it was garbage weed, way lower quality than what you can get in the USA maybe that's a good thing, possibly more enjoyable that some high purity goo that zoots you out of your mind weed is illegal of course but really common in the northern parts of india like rishikesh and dehradun of course, around college campuses it should not be hard to find if you are social No idea about ketamine. Personally anon I would not take the chance of buying drugs in foreign countries, that sounds like the dumbest thing you could possibly do, the police are already VERY willing to fuck with you if you don't do anything wrong, if you do break the law just imagine how fucked you will be
>>2817910Are you new to trv? There are no IDs here. I'm not American and I tower above you. Most of the problems you face abroad do not apply to other people, they are just general short man issues.
>>2817988>the police are already VERY willing to fuck with you if you don't do anything wrongReally? What do they do? That's a bit worrying
An uncle of mine visited Calcutta last yearHe said the air everywhere he went reminded him of stadium restrooms, just this undercurrent of hot shit smell that never goes awayTwo days in, he got a bad stomach bug that forced him to go to the hospital. They perforated enough veins trying to get an IV into him that his arm looked black from his elbow to fingertips. Thankfully, it was basically just a big blood bruise that resolved on its own.He got sick of being hassled by people in the street for money and just spent the last couple of days in his hotel before flying back. Said the guy next to him on the return flight smelled so bad he was dry heaving.He traveled for work all over and was basically a Ned Flanders type of dude, but he would go off about that trip. He to this day doesn't have a nice word to say about India.
>>2818008have you ever traveled in a third world country before anon? they are literally all the same The police will pull you over or even approach you on the street and try to give you a ticket for some retarded technicality they make you pay a bribe. Yes, it's because you are a foreigner and a tourist. if you be nice and act like they did you a favor, say "I didn't know that officer! Thank you!", you can get away with paying maybe $20-$30. it's common across mexico, india, anywhere in south america, etc.
>>2818034>have you ever traveled in a third world country before anon?If only you knew how stupid that question was>they are literally all the sameThen nothing to worry about then. You made it sound like they were exceptionally bad
>>2818039ah, in that case no worries yea I made it sound more serious than it actually is, if you plan on renting a scooter in certain coastal cities (especially goa, where you WILL end up as a tourist) you should expect to pay bribes. it's unfortunately unavoidable since they are stationed right on all the major bridges and specifically look for foreigners. I haven't heard of any tourists / foreigners being detained by police on bogus charges or something during my time there but still dude I wouldn't risk going out of your way to buy drugs unless you can find some on others at your hostel. drugs are fairly common in the hostels, met a guy who had some acid on him, obviously a lot of weed. I don't think you'll find ketamine in india unless ordered online.
Rajasthan seems amazing. Stunning architecture and temples and lots of weird shit like the rat temple. Anyone been there?
>>2818031Funny, I found Calcutta to be one of the nicer cities, at least in the north. The place was basically built by bongs so unlike pretty much everywhere else there is some semblance of urban planning with wide streets traversed by actual cars. And since there's fuck all tourists, the people aren't used to milking you dry yet, I just got the local price for street food and autos without even arguing.
>>2818078Sounds kino. Normies are just faggots in india
>>2818079Don't get me wrong, objectively speaking it's a dump and I don't blame the uncle for hating it if it's his first contact with the country. It's only decent if you measure it by Indian standards, which is to say, the rock bottom of quality of life.
I did not like India, I went there with an open mind and had an ambivalent view on Indians (mostly only met them playing cricket and catching taxis) but came back to Australia with an extreme conviction of never letting my country facilitate any more of their culture. I was paid by my government to go there on a study tour. They put us up in a top-tier university for a few months, then had us in New Delhi rotating through embassies and government departments. I was hospitalised due to the air pollution. It was depressing seeing dead people on the streets, piles of trash, and the shit smeared everywhere>>2817453>its monuments are among the most beautiful ones I've visitedFor me it was annoying. They make foreigners pay extra to visit them, then they bitch and moan about how foreigners destroyed the monuments and how they were perfect before the foreigners arrived. Then you go in there and there is Hindi graffiti everywhere and piles of trash and the entire complex is decaying. No desire to preserve it for future generations. Same goes for their art galleries and museums, it was disgusting how mistreated all these great works and artefacts were in the national institutions, never seen anything like it anywhere else I've been in the world. >>2817479>the food in India is S-tierI have a fair few food intolerances, so I went in knowing that I was going to be on the toilet 100% guaranteed, I went all out trying everything and was actually surprised I was not fucked over more. Yeah, its not great, and you can tell you're in a shithole with poor food quality standards, but I wasn't dying from it. Its boring after a month though. Everywhere you go, spiced slop with a bit of bread and/or rice on the side. No distinct flavours of individual ingredients, a mouthfeel of mush, for the most part it felt like eating baby food. Their desserts are trash too, nothing to look forward to afterwards. It was nice to come home and eat a nice steak and actually use my jaw to chew.
>>2817442You're not a real traveller until you've spent at least a 3 week stay in Indian hostels. Until then you're a tourist.
Honestly if the people in India are somehow worse then the Sikhjeets on my recent flight not wearing socks, smelling like shit and fucking talking nonstop on a 5 hour flight then there is ZERO chance I will ever visit their dogshit trash pile of a country. I actually wanted to see Goa and the Nepal border side some time ago but holy fuck I can’t even get past how much I despise these fucking lazy dimwitted cunts they all need to be deported.
>>2818103So, are you one of those anon who tell others to stay in Paharganj to experience "the indian vibes"?>>2818095Yeah, that little tiny detail to pay more than the locals is stupid, especially when they don't take proper care of their infrasctructure.
>>2817977>"who is this creepy weirdo, can you just go away please?"india is the mecca of weirdos and creeps, you would blend right in and yes I have been a ketamine addled weirdo smoking hash wherever and whenever and nobody gave a fuckI got some curious looks while snorting K on a public bus on a deranged journey from northern himachal to rajasthan via local busses only
>>2818003well with an ounce of reading comprehension you could have figured out which one I wasalso I am above average height in my western nation and tower above all the indians and third worldies, doesn't stop the little buggers from trying to budge every now and thenI assumed you were american because of your strange obsession with size and the amount of importance you put on it and you also shared an anecdote of someone trying to budge in front of you despite your towering figure lolI guess words could work but I prefer a little shove, much more fun that way, especially because in western nations touching others is highly forbidden and taboo but in india it's just part of the general activity
>>2817603>drink only bottled water from chain storesWhat chain stores lmaoYou can go days without seeing one
>>2818135Not reading all that, sensitive short king
Just bought me a flight to Mumbai for December 1st. Designated shitting streets, here I come! The fare was $408 from Air France, a little higher than the $347 I screenshotted for November 5th >>2817908. BTW the same flight booked a week later on December 8th costs $908; two weeks later on December 15th it costs $1672. Seriously, WTF is with European airlines and their outrageous price-gouging? >>2817986Believe it or not, Thirdie guys do have a lot in common with me. I traveled thousands of miles from anyone I knew to land a job with someone who hired me sight unseen. It's a life choice they can relate to very well.>>2817988What about that bhang drink? It looks like it's chock full of good cannabinoids. >>2818034If you ride a motorbike or drive a car, you are at constant risk of being shaken down by the cops in Thirdie countries. As a foot traveler, Thirdie police never harass me. The fuck are they gonna try and ticket me for? Insufficient tread on my sneakers? Violating the 5 km/h pedestrian speed limit?>>2818031When my olfactory receptors are exposed to traffic fumes, they stop functioning. As long as I don't come back to a hotel room reeking of shit, I'll be fine. >>2818095Not really giving a fuck if I like India or not desu. My expectations will be shit, so anything that isn't shit will be a pleasant surprise. >>2818103>hostelsScrew that. I'm all about frugal travel, but I draw the line at sleeping with strangers.>>2818136WATER PURIFICATION TABLETS. USE THEM. I can't stress this enough. All these people with stories of horrible "food" poisoning in India or Mexico? 9/10 I bet it's something they drank, not something they ate. Drinking anything on an empty stomach results in the liquid being washed directly into the small intestine, an environment which should be mostly free of bacteria. When it gets contaminated, you're in for a world of hurt.
>>2818302>WATER PURIFICATION TABLETS. USE THEMLmao. Bottled water is fine. Don't be retarded
>>2818073I wish I visited when I went, but didn't get the chance to go. Keep in mind that it's considered one of the poorer states in india. services aren't as reliable, roads are worse, people are dumber. but yes, the history and architecture and general aesthetic is great
>>2818302>but I draw the line at sleeping with strangers.dude stay in the hostels it's a fucking blast and it's cheap and almost always a great experience nobody will fuck with your shit, and you shouldn't be bringing super valuable things on a trip anyways
I wouldn't eat the food there.
>>2818325To the contrary, hostels have never been a great experience in any of the countries I've visited. Getting woken up constantly through the night by people arriving, moving around, coughing, sniffling, snoring, digging in their packs. You end up laying in bed until noon trying to catch up on your rest, which leaves you feeling groggy and demotivated all afternoon, hardly capable of handling the streets outside. Plentiful hostels mean a tourist trap, where being white will subject you to rampant scamming and street hustling. Oh, and the smell. Every full dormitory has to have a stinker, and it's even worse if people eat food in the dorms.Much better to go out and have your fill of social interactions with curious English-speaking locals, then when you've had enough of the humanity, retreat to a quiet(ish) room to sit at a desk doing some poasting, planning and browsing. The decent hotels strictly prohibit food in the rooms, which helps keep them clean, bug-free and fresh smelling.
>>2817603>India is a PVP zone. If you like hurting people, you'll love itFuck i Keked so hard reading this
>>2818606>Fuck i Keked so hard reading thistrv is low IQ
>>2817442Go to Kerala most people are chill there
Anyone been to Mumbai? Been traveling a while. Thinking of renting an apartment there for a few months.
How bad are the sleeper trains really if I stick to 1ac or 2ac class?
>>2819092>2ac classI just did it. Compared to what? Was late af. I'm just gonna fly everywhere
>>2819093>I'm just gonna fly everywhereno matter how you travel in india you are risking your life
>>2819093>Compared to what?Compared to the night trains in Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam I guess? Are the other passengers annoying? Is the food ok? Do you know if you can really order food deliver to most trains or just certain ones? I don't really care if they're slow/late if they're reasonably comfortable
>>2819123>Compared to the night trains in ThailandOlder. Smellier. I smelt real shit for a while. Like when your shit sticks to the side of the toilet and stinks the place out. Guy opposite put his feet up on the seat right next to me. That would never happen in Thailand. I had a 6 hours journey. It was 6 hours late. They did have power outlets that worked though. And nobody was annoying or loud or antisocial.
>>2819134In Laos and Thailand you have to be careful with your feet. They have strong taboos there. Some farang sit at the back of temples with their leg out and feet pointed at the Buddha, which is probably the worst thing you coudl do in a temple
>>2819134I've seen plenty of people put their bare feet up on seats on Thai local trains. Did the train bathroom have a door? Someone might've left it ajar. >6 hours lateWhoo-ey. Someone must've ACKed on the tracks. >>2818666Kochi is 1350 km south of Mumbai. Traversing the coast sounds like a decent idea for India in December. The pollution might be more tolerable on the coast than it is in the interior. For onward travel I can fly direct Kochi to Bangkok, at the usual fucked-up hours for budget flights to/from India. >2:10 AM to 7:50 AM>11:50 PM to 5:05 AM$106 to fly out 12/31, at the peak of the New Year travel season. Good idea to buy that departure flight sooner rather than later, I'm thinking.
>>2817442Why do you wanna be surrounded by demon worshippers (Hindus)?
>>2819383No one would. It's just a dumb shill thread.
>>2819388>Nobuddy gows to indiar
>>2819383>t. Worships a dead jew on a stickKeep seething fat cunt
Currently planning a 5-week trip to India / Nepal. Starting with Golden Triangle shit (Delhi, Jaipur, Agra, Ranthambore, maybe Varanasi), then into Nepal for some trekking. Then down to Goa for half a week to relax by the beach, and then finishing with the "rickshaw run", where we rent a tuk-tuk and drive it from Chennai to Kochi (not sure whether that's a fucking stupid idea or not yet though)
>>2819388>It's just a dumb shill threadwhat exactly is being shilled here? how not horrible at best india is for travel?
>>2819092>>2819123I went in 3A once and it was perfectly fine. Nobody was loud or smelly. The price tag is already prohibitive for the poorer jeets. Honestly, went better than my Viet train ride where the compartment floor was sticky with mucus after everyone was hacking phlegm on it all night.Don't go SL though if you want to sleep. These are completely out of control. The moment the ticket guy is out, there's suddenly three times as many people in the carriage with a constant stream of vendors, hijras and other undesirables.
>>2819460>hijraswhat's the deal with them? are they just annoying ladyboy beggars or do they try to pickpocket/rob you?
>>2819465They walk through the carriage making a shitlload of noise and clapping in your face / pulling on your clothes. You either pay or get cursed or whatever.They usually fuck off and skip foreigners since britishers don't really know or care about their ancient magic. If one takes interest in you, it's usually easy to get rid of them by looking puzzled and confused.That said, I've heard stories of hijras pricking people who don't pay with pins and other such HIV-friendly ventures, so I guess depends on your luck.As for pickpocketing, I'd just assume every single being in India is potentially one if opportunity strikes.
>>2817639>>2817977why do you keep posting about ketamine, were you able to get ketamine there? is it even fun to do a drug like ketamine on a trip when you might be kinda sick? what if you throw up or get REALLY sick? is it worth the risk?
>>2819626Ketamine is kinda sorta legal in India. You technically need a prescription, but it's India, a few rupees can easily solve that problem. It's a helluva drug, puts you in a very strange otherworldly headspace for half an hour or so, with no paranoid/overwhelming feelings either...then you gradually feel your brain being put back into the drab mundane confines of conventional consciousness. The effects can't really be described in words. It's very "clean", in that it doesn't result in any physical sickness or hard crash afterwards (unless you abuse the shit out of it).>>2819476Stereotypical pajeetery. I wouldn't be too worried about pickpocketing, but if the crowd is getting dense enough for people to bump into you, ensure that your wallet/passport/phone are in your front pockets.
>>2819633is it dangerous to do ketamine without having a tripsitter? explain the concept of a k hole to me I don't know much about ketamine at all
>>2819634Ketamine is a tranquilizer, so if you bump repeatedly, eventually you will slip into a place of complete dissociation from conventional reality. Yet I found that my physical coordination remained remarkably unimpaired, though everything looked so fucking intensified. Took a selfie and yes, I look absolutely fucking zooted. I made friends with the owners of a budget hotel in downtown Kuala Lumpur (the only one I could find where every room had a window), and they gifted me some ketamine because they were burned out on zooting themselves. I stared out my window at a city landscape with traffic that all looked as unfamiliar and unreal as if I had just teleported down from outer space. I saw a building with the logo of my dad's company, and it felt like I was spanning enormous distances of space and time with my mind's powers alone.For weeks after those ketamine sessions, however, I stroogled with extreme boredom and disengagement with my surroundings.
>>2819634I wouldn't do it in the street, because you might walk into busy traffic as your brain becomes completely disconnected from an understanding of the basic physics of moving objects.
>>2819633>You technically need a prescription, but it's India, a few rupees can easily solve that problemIs this how it works for most meds in india?
