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Kingreno · 17-07-2004, 20:06

Yeah!

Me and My girlfriend will travel to India this Monday the 19th of Juli and will stay there for almost 5 weeks!

We have prepared quite well actually and I hope I will bring back some very nice memories and pictures. For those of you who are interested, I inserted a map with the route we intend to take on it. Since the only pre-arranged thingie are the planetickets we may end up taking some detours but this is the "red line".

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We arrive in New Delhi and will attempt to get accustomed to Indian habits there. Delhi has some magnificent museums and Bazaars as well as the dominating Red Fortress. Delhi is also the fastest growing and most poluted city in this part of the world...
After Delhi we will hop off a train in Agra, home of the Taj Mahal and probably the worst place for tourists, as even the most hardy of travelers get scammed there. "Agra-fobia" is a word in India; we will stay there not too long.
After this, we will head for the Pink city of Jaipur. One of the most magnificent cities in India, it's Pink Fortress should be dazzling.
Here we will see what we do, we will have some time and depending on wheather and other things we will get to Udaipur (the romantic city) or take up some time in the countryside.
Jaisalmer is in the Thar desert, it is very touristy so we will have to see whether it is not too bad there. We want to take at least two days for a camelsafari there, which indeed may be on every visitors' book but rumors are all very positive about it.

After this and the soaring heat of another desertpearl, Bikaner, we will look for the Cooling effects of the Himalaya in Kashmir! In Manali we will take the mountainroute to Leh. This route is only open 3 months per year and has some of the highest mountain passes in the world, with the highest at 5200 meters, about 16k Feet. The safety situation is according to the Government here not optimal but it is acceptable. Leh ( and the road to it ) are far away from the Pakistani border, as it is in the southeast of Kashmir.
In this relatively "off the road" part of the world there are many Tibettan refugees who escaped from Chinese "occupation". It is also one off the quieter parts of india, populationwise.

That is it, I will post the stories when I get back! In the meantime have some great Holidays everyone and Kick some serious ass in the ISDG. When I get back I will try to get more involved!

17-07-2004, 20:06	#1
Kingreno Moderator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Netherlands. Posts: 3,270	Awaaaay for 5 weeks Yeah! Me and My girlfriend will travel to India this Monday the 19th of Juli and will stay there for almost 5 weeks! We have prepared quite well actually and I hope I will bring back some very nice memories and pictures. For those of you who are interested, I inserted a map with the route we intend to take on it. Since the only pre-arranged thingie are the planetickets we may end up taking some detours but this is the "red line". 121.19KB We arrive in New Delhi and will attempt to get accustomed to Indian habits there. Delhi has some magnificent museums and Bazaars as well as the dominating Red Fortress. Delhi is also the fastest growing and most poluted city in this part of the world... After Delhi we will hop off a train in Agra, home of the Taj Mahal and probably the worst place for tourists, as even the most hardy of travelers get scammed there. "Agra-fobia" is a word in India; we will stay there not too long. After this, we will head for the Pink city of Jaipur. One of the most magnificent cities in India, it's Pink Fortress should be dazzling. Here we will see what we do, we will have some time and depending on wheather and other things we will get to Udaipur (the romantic city) or take up some time in the countryside. Jaisalmer is in the Thar desert, it is very touristy so we will have to see whether it is not too bad there. We want to take at least two days for a camelsafari there, which indeed may be on every visitors' book but rumors are all very positive about it. After this and the soaring heat of another desertpearl, Bikaner, we will look for the Cooling effects of the Himalaya in Kashmir! In Manali we will take the mountainroute to Leh. This route is only open 3 months per year and has some of the highest mountain passes in the world, with the highest at 5200 meters, about 16k Feet. The safety situation is according to the Government here not optimal but it is acceptable. Leh ( and the road to it ) are far away from the Pakistani border, as it is in the southeast of Kashmir. In this relatively "off the road" part of the world there are many Tibettan refugees who escaped from Chinese "occupation". It is also one off the quieter parts of india, populationwise. That is it, I will post the stories when I get back! In the meantime have some great Holidays everyone and Kick some serious ass in the ISDG. When I get back I will try to get more involved! __________________ Go ahead punk. Make my day.