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 India travel tales
Our customers share their travelling experiences in India.
Read about first hand stories on travel tips and guides, events, entertainment,shopping, food, business and transportation.
Also, you might want to read our
Delhi city guide,
and Mumbai/Bombay city guide.
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| G Cull |
06 February 2003 |
Stayed at Park New Delhi, The - New Delhi, India.
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Lots of touts pressure visitors into organised tours or hiring a vehicle and guide. It is perfectly possible to get around yourself but hiring a driver may be less stressful than negotiating with dozens of taxis.
Khan market is excellent for browsing in bookshops and escaping the tourist whirl. Spice Route restaurant in the Imperial Hotel on Janpath is superb.
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| B S. loeding |
01 February 2003 |
Stayed at Park Chennai, The - Chennai (Madras), India.
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Chennai itself is not the greatest destination--go south to Mamalapurum and then on to Pondicherry.
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| B S. loeding |
29 January 2003 |
Stayed at Le Meridien New Delhi - New Delhi, India.
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Hire a driver for at least one day. If you like the driver, ask him to drive you down to Agra for one day. Don't go to the shops the driver recommends--they will pay him 30 percent, which is added to your purchase price.
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| B Loeding |
26 January 2003 |
Stayed at Shiv Niwas Palace - Udaipur, India.
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Hire a driver (ask at the hotel for the driver named Umed who is married to the American woman) and you'll like Jaipur more because you will avoid some of the aggressive touts. Also, travel outside Jaipur to the wonderful town of Samode and to the small villages to the north.
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| B Loeding |
24 January 2003 |
Stayed at Best Western The Emerald - Mumbai (Bombay), India.
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Allotted only one day to Mumbai because we wanted to explore outside large cities. Hired a driver from travel agent next door to hotel and visited museum, waterfront, Taj Hotel and Phillips Antiques to get flavor of city.
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| J Parpia |
25 December 2002 |
Stayed at Mansingh, Hotel - Jaipur, India.
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Jaipur is a great place to visit.
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| S Sumit |
24 December 2002 |
Stayed at Midland, Hotel - Mumbai (Bombay), India.
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We visited Agra, Udaipur, Bombay, Goa, Coimbatore, Ootacamund and Calcutta. Standout hotels were Udai Kothi in Udaipur (fantastic value for money) and The Residency in Coimbatore (as good as five-star hotels in the U.S. Holiday Inn in Ootacamund was a disappointment. It has a fabulous location but they haven't kept the property in good shape--corridor ceilings were leaking and maintenance was spotty. However, the service was excellent, including arranging for a taxi to take us around town and down to Coimbatore for our flight to Calcutta.
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| G Peters |
06 December 2002 |
Stayed at Park Kolkatta, The - Kolkata (Calcutta), India.
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If you like books, Oxford books is right next to the Park Hotel and has a good selection.
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| E Kinsella |
04 December 2002 |
Stayed at Howard Park Plaza International - Agra, India.
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Agra was a tale of two cities. Old city dirty, overcrowded, polluted - we're killing this planet. The other side of the coin, the clean serenity of the Taj and other monuments, Agra Fort etc. An assault on all senses - both good and bad.
If you want to eat - the restaurant at the Howard Park Plaza is excellent & Pizza Hut isn't bad either as a rest from spices.
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| R Kinsella, |
03 December 2002 |
Stayed at Janpath New Delhi, Hotel - New Delhi, India.
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Flew to Delhi, did a little sightseeing, moved onto Agra, where we stayed at the Howard Park Plaza, where the staff were excellent and the food too! Onto Ranthambhore, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Jaisalmerand back to Delhi. We used trains planes and automobiles. I'd recommend the Ajit Bawhan in Jodhpur - super hotel and staff, and the Gorbandh Palace Hotel in Jaisalmer.
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