Incredible India

Incredible !ndia

Whom ever thought up the idea of using the exclamation point in the tourism logo for India we say bravo. I don't like the over use of punctuation, but i would be tempted to place another 4 along with this one.

India is incredible but it also does not try to hide the less incredible side of the country (or if it does they are doing a very bad job of it).

Rush Hour Traffic India

The Indian Army

Would you like some examples?

The new Skyline

1. The people, some of them are amazing especially the genuine local people. They want to talk to you and find out all about you. They want to take your picture or have you take theirs. No catches. One of the nicest guys we met was a food stall holder in New Delhi who didn't have any change so he rounded down the total. On the other side of this exclamation point are the touts, tuk tuk drivers and sales people. Most are annoying to the verge of chasing you down the street screaming at you. If you get angry and shout back, they get upset and say “I was just trying to be nice”
2. The tourist attractions, We have all seen the image of the Taj Mahaal (if you haven't this will be sorted in the entry on Agra). It is beautiful, Expensive to visit (for foreigners) but right outside its gates the dirt starts. An Indian past time is to see who an throw the most garbage on the street. It is everywhere, only to be out passed by the amount of public male toilets i.e. every wall, post, tree, open space that can be found. The smell from this is stomach churning.

India deserves at least 2 trips, not because of its sheer size but more to do with finding where you like. Your first trip should be, like ours, to visit the main tourist attractions and your second will be to go back to the places you enjoyed or didn't get to visit.

In our posts on our trip to India we will include the incredible and not so incredible from each  stop and at the end we will tell you what we would like to go back to see (or avoid).

Anywhere in India

Sunset in India