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Yesterday morning I finally escaped India. Humppppffffhhh Ironically, my last day was probably the best. I went on the famous ’slum tour’ of the Dharavi slums in Mumbai with Reality tours. The biggest slum in Mumbai and the highest earning, dubbed the economic miracle and even visited by Richard Branson, Dharavi has an economy of around [...] I arrived in Jaipur on 25th from not-so-special Agra. The Taj Mahal is a bit of a disappointment to be honest and Agra is a pretty terrible place to be. The Taj is too packed with people to really enjoy its beauty. Kids screaming and running everywhere, Indians rudely fighting and barging into people to [...] I’m in Amritsar in Punjab, near the Pakistan border. When I arrived yesterday (Tuesday I think), I was greeted with the intense heat and a million turban’s of the Sikh men who reside here. I met a fellow Brit at the station, David, who was staying at my hotel – the Grand, which is just [...] Yesterday I finally had a fantastic day of fun in India. I woke at around 8am with a renewed sense of enthusiasm to find fun in India after several pretty frustrating days, so after breakfast I started talking with the first people I met – an American couple called Ben and Kristin. I asked if [...] I think i’ve finally got the knack of dealing with touts and taxi drivers who hassle westerners non-stop in India. Just tell them to GO AWAY! Ignoring just doesn’t work. You’ve got to be super firm! Yesterday I had by far and away my best day in India so far. I went to the main Delhi [...] |
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