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scary men on motorcycles   Jaipur

scary men on motorcycles, Jaipur

 2 Reviews  I stayed in Jaipur for a month with a group of students. One girl in our group was riding in the back of a bicycle rickshaw one evening, and a group of four men on two motorcycles pulled the rickshaw... 

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SOME PRACTICAL SHOPPING ADVICE

by lynnehamman

IF YOU ARE SHOPPING: -Don't let the driver or guide coax you into doing more shopping than sight seeing.They will lead you to "friends" or relatives, and then recieve a commission. The prices are NOT cheaper.Avoid showrooms near tourist sites or else ensure the price and authenticity of the purchase being made. Always more costly.Avoid shops that have names very similar to Government run emporia or concerns like RTDC(Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation) or Rajasthali, Which are public sector undertakings.Do not leave valuables in cars or taxis while shopping.Avoid carrying out business or developing relations for furthering business with unknown persons who are glib talkers and at times impeccably turned out. NEVER forget to remove your card from ATM's. In India ATM's do not make a beeping signal as a reminder. This has happened to me, but fortunately the ATM guard called me back...

Trains, but not what you think!

by kokoryko

Trains in India have the reputation of being dangerous; it is probably not true, statistically relating to accidents, but for the tourist travelling on the road, it can be! No, not what one may think! The danger is the trains are often late, and as the British railway administration “educated” the Indian railway employees to be punctual to excess, the crossing keepers are the danger: hahaha, imagine you have a plane to take in the next city and wait one hour , or more at the crossing! The crossing keeper pulls the gate five minutes before the exact time when the train is scheduled! Not five minutes before the train actually arrives. . . . . So if the train is one hour late, you will see queues forming at the crossing and. . . miss your plane in Jodhpur. . . . At a crossing, on the first picture, pulling up the barrier. At another crossing (picture 2), dusk will come soon and the track is...

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Fraudulent Road Blocks

by miketrudeau

While driving through Rajasthan, be wary of civilians setting up road blocks and charging "tolls" or "road taxes." We saw many of these on our trip. Sometimes in small towns in the middle of the desert people would see us coming and surge into the road, blocking it with barrels and logs. Fortunately our driver was a hulking, no-nonsense Buddha of a man who was able to talk his way out of anything. If you don't have success talking your way out of a ticket (and if you don't speak the language you may have difficulty), then whether you want to just pay the probably small price, or hit the gas, lean on the horn, close your eyes and run the damn thing is up to you. Let me know how it goes.

Don't eat free food/Care your self

by RAJASTHANBYCAR

Eat food that you buy yourself.Don't go in for free lunch & dinner or drinks. Always ensure your passport & other precious belongings are safe. Never give them to strangers or shopkeepers or staff in the hotel. Don't roam around into the late hours of the night.

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Accomodation/Hotel

by RAJASTHANBYCAR

Always keep your hotel room locked when there or when out for sight seeing, shopping. Don't allow any one into your room for a drink and snacks or just a chat unless the person is really well known to you.

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Gem Scam in Jaipur and elsewhere in India

by darthmilmo

Twenty days in India is how long it took for me to run across the infamous Gem scam. I was walking down the road in Jaipur when this local guy approached me. He invited me for a drink at a bar and I said ok. We chatted for an hour about life in India and abroad. Then, his friends came in and joined us. One of them was quite fluent in English. He said his family ran a gem shop that exports throughout the world. Funny cause he was wearing a very cheap watch and set of shoes. He went on saying how much export taxes ran in India. How at 250% they are far too much to bear. So he asked me to take some along to his shop in OZ or Europe. Ha, yeah right! I entertained him for a while asking questions. Eventually, I excused myself saying I was tired and headed to bed. Later on, I would hear about ppl who fall on this scam. They end up paying thousands of USD in exchange of plain polished worthless...

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India has renamed many of its cities

by darthmilmo

I first came across this when I visited Chittor, which has recently renamed Chittaraugarh. There are so many like it in India, a remnant of a nationalistic wave that spur in the last couple of decades. The aim was to rename the cities from their English name to a more Indian translation. Sadly, it hasn't worked as planned as most Indians still call the cities by their old English name: Mumbai is better known as Bombay, Chennai is better known as Madras, Kolcata is better known as Calcutta, Varanasi is better known as Banaras, etc. So better check on the changes while you are planning your trip.

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Traffic

by darthmilmo

Traffic is another interesting monster all together. There are so many vehicles out there that it can and does get hectic. Adding to that confusion is the fact that they drive on the other side of the road! It was nothing new to me, as I’ve seen it before. Yet, it can be a bit disorienting at first. Walking on the streets of India can become dangerous as the roads have no clear lanes so a 2 lane road can be converted into a 4 lane road easily by ingenious drivers and walkers. Remember, the cow is a holy animal in India so if you end up driving a car/bike do not ran over them! Also, don't just thing the car is the king... hell no, everything is game, even a cart-wheel. The masses are so big as well that a huge mass can bring a road to a halt, no matter how big your car is or how fast your bike goes on the road. Bottom line, traffic is a mix of cars, rickshaws, bikes, motos, ppl, cows, and...

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Weather and staying Hydrated

by darthmilmo

It is worth mentioning that at the height of the summer, now, India faces the monsoon season, which brings about one of the hottest and humid conditions in the planet. I thought San Antonio was the humid capital of the world, but boy was I wrong. A few minutes out into a leisurely walk in Mumbai is all you need to cover yourself in sweat. I've been drinking almost 5 liters of water just to make up for the liquids I lost each day. Weather in Rajasthan will be drier, but it still is advisable to stay hydrated

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Don't go in May!

by bijo69

If you consider visiting Rajasthan, you should do so in the cooler month. In May it was horribly hot, up to 47°C in Jaisalmer. And if you're on a budget and can't afford aircon (like me) it's going to be a very exhausting trip..

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Q:  My 14 year old son and I are off to Rajasthan for a week. We have to attend a wedding in Udaipur for two days, but we have the... 

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A: Oops that should have read Jaipur and udaipur. Sorry 

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