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Out of curiosity why do you want to go there? Indian cities are generally crowded, polluted, smelly and an unpleasant experience for most tourists. I strongly suggest going to Goa instead, or take a tourist package for countryside destinations in Simla, Kerala, Ooty, Kodaikanal, Darjeeling or national parks like Kaziranga. edit: for emphasis. Go to Goa. It's pretty close to Mumbai, clean, has loads of beaches, great nightlife and without exagerration the best seafood in the world. mila kunis fucked around with this message at 09:51 on Nov 29, 2015 |
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Blinkman987 posted:The reason I'm in Mumbai is that it works with my itinerary on getting to Cambodia. Neither Goa nor Chennai offered flights that hit the right time/cost combo. I also found a reasonable number of activities in Mumbai. I won't really mind the nuisance. I've lived in enough cities to have at least an idea of what to expect. Goa will probably be the next city I visit in India. Is the city super touristy? That's the vibe I got from it. Goa isn't a city, it's a (small) region. As for Mumbai, Delhi and most of the major cities...nuisance is a really underwhelming way to describe it. They're indescribably bad and do poorly on basically every metric you can use to judge a place.
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Geriatric Pirate posted:Domestic or international terminal? It's like 1km for the domestic terminal to Vile Parle station which can get you to either Victoria or CST (forget which one exactly). Full of touts etc. and you can't trust any of these guys to give you accurate directions. Rickshaw should be really cheap though, especially outside the airport (but as always in India, haggle it down, the real price is less than $1). I took the rickshaw from Vile Parle to the airport because it was raining like hell when I was there last. Roads were not massive highways, rather quite small roads. You can walk on the side (good luck crossing the road though), as long as it's not raining. I would recommend getting a registered cab from the airport. The prices are fixed and there's less of a chance of getting robbed/ripped off by the driver because their names, addresses and the date and time they picked you up are on file. While actually in the city, you don't need to haggle with taxis/rickshaws, at least in Mumbai as they run on a meter. If they tell you they don't and attempt to get a fixed price from you, insist on a meter and tell them to gently caress off and find another cab if they refuse. In any case, you might be better off hiring a driver from a tourist agency to ferry you around while in the city instead of relying on local cabs.
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Life is short and there's a lot of places to see in the world that aren't as horrific and infuriating as India. Im glad everyone learnt their lesson, goodnight and god bless.
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