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A Guide to Backpacking In India

In my previous post Backpacking Across India I wrote about the draws of backpacking across India- it's highs, it's lows and the typical trails chosen by backpacker to discover this vast and diverse country called India. Here's a practical guide to backpacking in India, that will help you plan and prepare for effect travel in India can have.

Backpacking Across India

While extravagant vacationing in India is possible backpacking seems to have it's own appeal for those willing to rough it out. The idea behind backpacking is to take you to common as well as lesser-known places of rare beauty and to show you a world that exists beyond brochures and boundaries, beyond luxuries and beyond imagination! The few who brave it are rewarded with an up-close-and-personal view of India, one that even if they wanted to, they probably couldn't forget.

Tips for Traveling by Auto Rickshaws in India

In my previous post Ride in an Indian Auto Rickshaw for a 3 Wheeler Roller Coaster Ride , I described what an Auto Rickshaw is like, the availability of Rickshaws as a mode of transport in India and the experience of riding in one. If that hasn't scared you off Autos, then this post surely will...Just kidding! So here are few tips to avoid being 'taken for a ride' (pun intended)while traveling in Auto Rickshaws in India:

Ride in an Indian Auto Rickshaw for a 3 Wheeler Roll...

You step out on an Indian road, stick out your hand expecting a taxi and what do you get? Instead, you get a notorious metal shell, on 3 wheels much like a scooter with three wheels with a motor that sounds like a western lawn mower! a.k.aThe Auto Rickshaw. While it's a form of daily transport in India...many visitors not used to this mode of transport, find rickshaws quite amusing and in some cases intimidating or scary. Here's a guide to traveling by Auto Rickshaws in India to better prepare you and what to expect: