Believe those ads ladies and gentlemen. India is truly incredible.
The vast diversity on offer is so vast that each Indian state is like a different country. Different languages, cloths, customs, food, religions; a true melting pot for the discerning travellist.
Yes, it can be dirty, smelly and hassly at times, but it is a small price to pay for such rich culture diversity. And it is still possible to survive on very little money.
I keep being drawn back to India and I calculate I have probably spent more than 2 and half years of my life on the Indian subcontinent.
On this sojourn I have been able to visit some great new places (and a return to a few old favourites as well).
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Shimla was quite a find. A beautiful and clean Himalayan historic town. Darjeeling might not be as clean, but it still has an amazing amount to offer passing travellist. Return trips to Varanasi and Amritsar did not disappoint and maintain their rich spirituality. Bodgaya oozes Buddhism and catching the Dasera festival in Kullu offered unforgettable celebrations.
However the real quality highlights was the completely insane and outrageously colourful annual Pushkar Camel Fair, the picturesque beauty of the Parvarti Valley and my puja through some of the wildest and remote terrain on the planet.
When you love a country, and you know you want to return is always important to “save” places to enable you to have an excuse to return again.
So where will I go next time? The historic ruins of Hampi, and Nicobar /Andaman Islands for diving and cultural diversity for sure.
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