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DRUGS Goa

15 Reviews I just had a harrowing experience at Palolem Beach in south Goa (with similar but minor occurrences in the north at Vagator/Anjuna/Calangute). I have recounted the story at the link below as a stern...

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SAFE LOCAL TRAVEL Mumbai

18 Reviews Monkeys as always have great way to adopt with human life. And Mumbai monkeys are no different. Although they don't roam freely within urban area but tourist spots get their special...

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Tap water Delhi

7 Reviews Like in the rest of India, be careful when it comes to tap water. Only used bottled water, and make sure that the bottle you buy is properly sealed, and not just refilled with tapwater. Futhermore, be...

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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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Different attitudes n cultures Hyderabad

5 Reviews Women coming to Hyderabad: Please don't wear shirts that are low cut or that show cleavage. You will attract some much unwanted attention. So no tank tops. Also, don't wear skirts or dresses or...

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MISCELLANEOUS Goa

31 Reviews The lack of waste management infrastructure for both hazardous and ordinary waste in Goa is shocking.Successive Goa governments have yet to take the problem seriously, and it is now reaching crisis...

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PAY HEED TO THESE Mumbai

12 Reviews Yep, I fell for it ! A street vendor came up to me at the Gateway of India brandishing a large (4ft long ?) balloon and offering packs of balloons for sale at INR200. Thinking my young son would love...

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General Warnings Delhi

27 Reviews 1. Double-check all hotel and restaurant bills for errors. 2. Don't leave cash and valuables in your hotel room. Use room safes where available. 3. Keep daily cash in separate pockets. 4. Don't...

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SOME LOCALS Goa

17 Reviews please avoid giving these people your money, they sell chicken that is a copy of kfc, (not as nice either), it is a goan woman and a english man, the women is not a nice person and if she happens to...

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85.

WATER Mumbai

6 Reviews As with the whole of India, only drink bottled water and use it when you're cleaning your teeth. I kept a bottle with a bit of water in it beside the sink so as to remind myself to use it. Also, avoid...

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86.

Climate Delhi

3 Reviews When I first arrived in Delhi in early November, it was hazy with a kind of smokey, misty, polluted atmosphere. It was fine and dry, mind, but as you can see by the photo's of Connaught Place, when I...

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WATER/MONSOONS Goa

9 Reviews It can be very strong waves along the coast of Goa. I know it, so take care when you swim in the Indian Ocean. I hit my leg. And don´t swim with bleeding sores in the water. I saw many do it and they...

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CLIMATE Mumbai

5 Reviews Mumbai, by and large, observes humidity throughout the year. Since it rests in the tropical zone, moreover close to sea, it enjoys more or less same weather. Its climate can be broadly divided into...

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Traffic Delhi

10 Reviews Well, travelling trought Delhi traffic is experiance! It seems everything which has weels will find it's way on Delhi streets! Sitting in the front passanger seat in a taxi is ceternly experiance, as...

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90.

THEFT Mumbai

3 Reviews MOST COMMON THEFT IS LADIES PURSE/HAND BAG SNACHERS. STRANGERS ON BIKES SNACH PURSES AND MOBILE PHONES ON THE COMMON STRECH OF THE WESTERN EXPRESS HIGHWAY RIGHT OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT. ALL TRAVELERS...

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Beggars Delhi

2 Reviews While staying in Pahaganj we saw some very young children, no more than 5 or 6, roaming the street dressed like circus performers, with instruments and doing cartwheels etc. They look very cute, but...

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Shoe cleaners Delhi

2 Reviews You may just laugh on the tip when you read it in your guide books, that be careful with some of the shoe-cleaners, those nasty ones, who have not got big and heavy stuffs to carry (so that they can...

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Pickpocketers Delhi

2 Reviews As we were walking along a street just off the western end of Chandni Chowk, we noticed a couple of youths following us. They managed to slip in between us in the crowd, and I saw one of them try to...

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Comissions Delhi

3 Reviews Once you would need the service of an agency, for example to book a train ticket or whatever, before to agree for somehting, ask them which is the % or value of their services. So, before to confirm...

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Be Careful about MedicalDentalEye Care in India

by cochinjew

While India offers excellent tertiary care, the care at the primary level is very shoddy. I am a doctor and my own experiences have been much below norm than the western countries including Cuba.. it is best if someone( especially a foreigner ) who was satisfied with the service recommends an eye doctor.. I was appalled at the wrong prescription given to me and thank god, i was back in india within two months so i could get it corrected and get new lenses.. nor was the lens plus frame much cheaper.. mine cost 17000 rupees.. and it is not that complicated a prescription, they just screwed it up.. works out closer to 400 usd.. the same applies to dentists.. like in every country, there are good and bad dentists.. i have found an excellent one in bangalore(dr jagdish) and one in Cochin( dr Bijou John).. the difference is that dental work can be done quicker in india... and the cleaning is...

Danger on the Roads, Part IV

by 850prc

If you are driving, or even planning a road trip, you'd better take the condition of the roads into consideration. When you are driving on all but THE most important national highways, you have to constantly be ready for potholes. And, the paving is inconsistent. You'll find long stretches of highways that are essentially gravel. So, plan plenty of time for your road trips, especially if you're leaving the main highways.And, please slow down. You never know what's around the next bend.... anything from a herd of goats to a pile of concrete blocks.

Danger on the Roads, Part III

by 850prc

Besides sharing the road with horses, camels, cows, and even elephants, there's another issue to consider when driving in India. The roads are very very crowded and space is often quite tight. You will literarlly find another car or truck's tailpipe inches from the bumper on your car. And when you're motoring along as some considerable speed, it's a bit unnerving to realize that you're one "surprise cow in the road" away from a massive pileup. And the bad news? There's not a lot you can do about it.So, you might want to mentally prepare yourself to drive in traffic whereYOUwillBEveryVERYcloseTOcarsTRUCKSbusesANDallSORTSofOTHERvehiclesTOyourFRONTsideANDback. Breathe deep and try to relax. The driver should remain sober, but the passengers may want "one for the road". Literally.OK, I was kidding....the last thing you need to do before driving or even riding in a car out on the Indian...

Leave the monkeys alone

by 850prc

All over India, you'll see monkeys. They're in the wild of course, and they're also city residents in many places. There are species that have become quite "at home" living all around the human world. The word co-existence comes into play, and there may well be some quiet relationship between the monkeys and the humans in and near their world.But you as the visitor.... it's a simple plan for you. LEAVE THE MONKEYS ALONE. I was warned by numerous guides and Indians, almost anytime we'd notice a monkey in town, or on a fence nearby. The monkeys may be cute, especially the little ones. And they may seem quite harmless and fun-loving. But, they have sharp, sharp teeth and are know to be very agressive if they feel threatened by your approach or interaction. The is especially true if you get near a mother with a baby... it's a good way to be savagely attacked, and bitten many, many times. And...

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by 850prc

I was amazed at how many people could share a ride in India. And while this is certainly economical and - I suppose - ecologically friendly, it does present problems. When you're following a truck loaded down with 30 or 40 people - in the back, on the roof, hanging off the bumpers, everywhere... well, you just don't know who might fall off and when.In all seriousness, I actually never saw anyone tumbling from a moving vehicle. But, I certainly saw some passenger-packing options that would curl the hair of the average non-Indian. For example, how many people would you feel can safely ride on a motorcycle? And, I mean an average Honda Hero, maybe 250 cc.... not a giant Harley or BMW motorbike. My personal opinion is two persons...what do you think?Well, the "record" that I saw in India was a family of FIVE riding on a motorbike. Dad was driving, with a young boy (maybe 6 years old) in...

The "runs"

by JohnPaulla

When travelling in places where hygiene standards are not too high, use only sealed bottled water for drinking and for washing fruits/salads. Only eat at places with high turnover (buffets at even upmarket hotels with low turnover are suspect if they reuse food e.g. thawed and refrozen ice-creams) and where the food is cooked and served hot.The dozen of us were free of tummy problems for the fortnight we were there because we were careful or maybe we were fortunate.

OHSA and the Big Bhang Theory

by 850prc

If you're not an American, or even if you are, you may be totally confused by the title of this little warning tip. OHSA is the acronym for one of the ten zillion big-brother-state cradle-to-grave government-is-everyone's protector agencies that have sprung up in my country over the last 30 - 40 years. OHSA stands for the Occupational Health and Safety Administration. Their mantle is supposedly to make everyone's workplace safer. And while I'd agree upfront that a safe workplace is very very important, OHSA in the USA long ago passed the point of what is reasonable. There are rules on top of rules on top of rules on top of rules on top of rules... many of them, or even make that most of them, are complete nonsense. They're written not with "what is prudent safe practice" in mind, they're geared more to covering all possible bases so that <> idiots will somehow not destroy...

Swastikas??? In India???

by 850prc

I had learned, years ago in my university studies of WWII, that the "Aryan" peoples were residents of India some 1500 years ago. They supposedly invaded India at that time, arriving from Central Asia/China. Long gone from the subcontinent, these "almost forgotten" people were referenced by Hitler and his Nazi regime in their efforts to construct a pseudo-science and history to support their purity and superiority of race theories. It's all noxious garbage of course, but history is sadly littered with despots and tyrants who created their own rules and justified their actions by rewritten and fictionalized history. Some of the symbols of these ancient peoples have endured into the present time. One of these is the Indian version of the notorious swastika. Originating in the Aryan culture of long-ago, the swastika has morphed into use in the Hindu religion, where it is the symbol of the...

Danger on the Roads, Part II

by 850prc

It's a fact of life everywhere... when you drive, you have to share the road. It's something that we, as drivers, get used to doing.In India, let's just say that the size and scope of people, vehicles and other things sharing the road is much, much larger. Among the road users you'll find, even in large cities like Delhi and on main roads, are buses, lorries, road equipment, cycle rickshaws, auto rickshaws, horses, camel carts, tractors, combo tractor-truck vehicles that we labeled "Jed Clampett cars", pedestrians, dogs, goats, chickens, and even elephants.We see insurance company commercials on TV in the US all the time. I've never seen one that involves a collision with an elephant. Gives a whole new meaning to "a damaged trunk", wouldn't you agree?Be careful, the Indian roads are crowded and chaotic.

Danger on the Roads, Part I

by 850prc

Ever hear the expression, "look right and left, ahead and behind while in traffic? Well when you are driving in India, you might want to look UP as well. You will find some vehicles motoring along both in cities and on highways that are literally packed to the teeth with cargo. And, they are lean- - - - i- - - - - n- - - - - - - - g(that's my cute way to write "leaning") dangerously in one direction. Take a look at the photo below, taken on the highway between Agra and New Delhi. This is India and you'll find yourself passing cars and lorries that are packed in such a way as to make you feel very uncomfortable... and you can't totally avoid them. But, for your safety and peace of mind, I'd endeavor to get past them and safely away as soon as possible.

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