Travel Agencies in India
I loved Vikram Seth’s “From Heaven Lake “about his experiences hitchhiking through Western China and Tibet. He’s better known as a novelist, of course, but this work is as good as any of his fiction. Jeff Greenwald’s “Shopping For Buddhas”is a short and entertaining and deeply personal view of Nepal. Like most travel writing, it’s [...]
How to find a Reliable Travel Agency in India?
My wife and I have called the TA several times over the past two weeks, but we haven’t received return calls and, needless to say, our questions haven’t been answered. I got the TA to answer No. 6 by dropping in to the office and sitting there while she called up A&K to get the [...]
Travel south India at Cheaper Price
One hopes that the Kerala family we met yesterday does return to India, and that their children’s culture shock will soon subside and they will see deep into the heart of her great culture. One hopes that many such families, swept away to the West in the brain-drain of the 60s and 70s, will be [...]
Traveling and Living in India
Of course I had heard of people sleeping on the streets in Calcutta, but I had not fully realized that for these people living on the streets was a way of life and not just a temporary hardship. Almost all had sleeping mats and sheets from which they constructed body-bags, encapsulating them head-to-toe. In the [...]
How to Travel Cheap in India?
Finding a good leisure TA has been somewhat of a holy grail for us (and, to date, just as futile), We had one TA who really knew her stuff — she knew what kind of travel we liked, what kind of hotels we enjoyed, etc., and was always able to find hotels that were perfect [...]
How to book Air Tickets in India?
A recent news digest carried an article saying that anticipated competition from India led the US Dept. of Commerce to reconsider the ban on selling sophisticated telecommunications systems to China. What exactly is the status of the Indian telecommunications industry, service and manufacturing? I know that many Indians are very successful in the Tel-comm industry [...]
Some Important Aspects Regarding Travelling Methods in India
I had a better impression of Calcutta today. Perhaps I had gotten used to the city a little more or perhaps it was the fact that I had a ticket for a train to Siliguri that evening. For lunch we went to the Oberoi Hotel for their Indian buffet. It cost an amazing amount by [...]
Places to Visit in India
We could not believe the prices for thick, attractive wool sweaters: $4-5. No wonder all the natives were dressed in them. We instantly envision buying 20-30 sweaters (or “jumpers”, as Man insisted on calling them. Englishmen…). But what would we do with them in Singapore? Still, a couple days later I finally couldn’t resist buying [...]
India Travel and Tourism
I’m not a travel agent, you know that, and no I don’t think you are too demanding. I do think that the agent you are using can’t or won’t get you the answers you need, and probably thinks you are too demanding. American Express offices are use to people walking in plunking over a credit [...]
How to Make Your Travel Cheap in India?
India’s special place in the universe has been pondered by great minds. Here’s what a few have concluded: “In religion and culture, India is the only millionaire! There is only one India! The land of dreams and romance. The one land all men desire to see, and having seen once, by even a glimpse, would [...]
Travelling Experience in India
In the afternoon we went to the Indian Museum, supposedly the best museum in India. In trying to get tickets I learned Rule #1 for queuing in India: There is no such thing. A crowd of people was jammed around the ticket window, all shoving money at the poor ticket seller who usually took the [...]
Visiting Historical Places in India
We arrived in Darjeeling in the early afternoon. The first order of business was finding a room. Walking around town with our bags, we soon attracted the attention of a young Indian accommodation tout. Some hotels will pay a commission to touts who bring clients to them, and raise the cost of a room accordingly. [...]
