An MR reader asks me: ….what have you found to be nonobvious activities with high return on time invested in India? Perhaps it is all obvious, but here is my list: 1. Make sure you visit a bunch of smaller temples, not just the famous, very well known sites. 2. Never turn down a trip,
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An MR reader asks me:
….what have you found to be nonobvious activities with high return on time invested in India?
Perhaps it is all obvious, but here is my list:
1. Make sure you visit a bunch of smaller temples, not just the famous, very well known sites.
2. Never turn down a trip, or side trip, to any particular part of India. Never say “Nah, it is not interesting there.” Because it is.
3. Along those lines, try to see many different parts of the country. Think of India as more culturally diverse than say Europe.
4. Most of the typical “sights” are overrated, the best sight is India itself. I enjoyed the (Indian) visitors to the Taj Mahal more than the Taj itself.
5. The very best food is often in mid-tier restaurants, smallish, often with lines, find out when you should arrive. There isn’t a good enough reason to risk street food, given the quality available elsewhere, though in many other countries I do recommend street food.
6. Try to visit residences from all income classes.
7. Noise pollution still matters.
8. You cannot expect people to be on time, or to be able to avoid social pressures to join situations, spend more time somewhere, see another family member, and so on.
9. Unless you have been to India very recently, the infrastructure is much better than what you might be expecting from a previous trip.
10. India has the world’s best hotels, and many of them are less expensive than you might think, especially in off-season.
11. When choosing when to visit, do look into issues of heat, monsoon, and air pollution, before making concrete plans.
What else?
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