Re: Indian Golden Triangle Tours

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:23:06 +0100, "William Black"
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"Alan S" <nothere@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi All

I'm investigating various options for a week in India next
March. I fly into Delhi from Hong Kong in the wee small
hours at 2:15 am on a Saturday and out again at 6:20 am the
following Saturday to Jordan.

I've done some reading on IndiaMike's site, which has a lot
of good info, and I'm trying to decide between three
options:

1. Book my own hotels (4* or 5*, US$40-60) and use the train
(1st class aircon) to travel between Delhi, Jaipur and Agra.

2. Book my own hotels and hire a car and driver for $60-100
daily to do the trip.

3. Use a tour company to do the same as number 2, around
$600-800 depending on the car quality and tour company.

The third option can actually be cheaper than number 2, but
the hotels appear to be lower quality. The first option
attracts me, but I would lose the services of the driver who
can also act as an interpreter and helper.

Open to any advice, thoughts, suggestions, experiences.

What you could do is travel the long legs by train (1st A/C is a very nice
way to travel and the food is excellent) and hire a car/driver at each
destination.

I'm considering that. The difficulty is choosing that
car/driver. For Delhi I have some recommendations via the
IndiaMike site, but I'm not so confident in Agra or Jaipur.
Any thoughts or advice on that?

On your first night book a hotel that has a courtesy car from the airport
and make sure they know your flight number.

Be aware that there'll be a crowd of drivers all dressed the same at the
airport door and all will be carrying a small piece of paper with a name
typed on it in ten point type.

So, how do you work it out? I've done it from the other side
years ago as a cabby in Melbourne, but I made sure I wrote
in very large letters.

If you've never been to India before you'll find hotel registration a bit
tedious, it takes about twenty minutes to register a foreigner.

I assume some has already done the 'Don't drink the water, check the seals
on any bottled water you buy, watch them cook anything you buy to eat at a
roadside stall & etc" routine.

Yep, but thanks anyway.

It can be hot in March in India.

I know, but it's a matter of blending a complex itinerary.
Much earlier and I'll be like a brass monkey in London and
NYC, much later and I'll fry in Delhi and Egypt and melt a
month later in Yucatan. The ticket is bought and the timing
is now set in concrete.


Cheers, Alan, Australia
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