Travel in November 2009 to January 2010
3 month around India and Nepal
Exchange rate: € 1 = 65 rupees (to January 2010).
Visa: From Spain, Madrid is handled by certified mail.
We went for 80 € c / u, including post. It is valid for 6 months with multiple entries. Although the rules have changed and sometimes put the problem in the second inning.
We had no problem getting in and out from Nepal. The visa costs $ 25 for Nepal. What we get in the Nepal Consulate in Calcutta, but you can order without problem at the border.
Plane: We traveled with Luftansa. 500 € (round trip) with a stop in Prague.
Reference Price:
- Food: Between 150 and 200 rps (3 €). Of course, we speak of non-tourist sites.
- Hotels: An average of 300 rps (5 €). Double room with bath.
- Litre Water: 12 rps - Chai (Indian tea): 5 rps
- Sleeper Train: An average of 250 rps per trip
- Entrance fees to tourist sites: 250 rps average. The Indians pay much less.
The Taj Mahal is by far the most expensive.
- Internet: 35 rps per hour costs for 2 at 2.5 months in India:
Expenses:
- Airplane: 1,000 €
- Visas: 160 €
- Transport: 270 €
- Lunch: € 255
- Accommodation: 240 €
- Tickets to tourist sites: 100 €
- Miscellaneous: 35 €
Total Expenses: 3 months (India and Nepal), 2 persons: € 2,300
Transport:
Great train service, cheap. You can book and buy tickets securely online. Essential print tickets. It is very clean, better bring a sleeping bag and earplugs. The stations have waiting rooms (men and women separately) with bath, including bucket showers. The rickshaw, a kind of motorcycle covers, noisy and polluting but are functional and cheap. Of course, it is best to walk, especially in Old Delhi, because both are mounted rickshaw jams.
Language:
There are 15 official languages, including English. Outside the big cities and tourist is hard to find someone who speaks English. In the south, as there is less illiteracy, speaks a little English, but in general the communication problem.
Recommended Site: Hampi. It is outside the tourist circuit. Mixed with beautiful scenery beautiful ruins, temples, few people, nice. Ideal to rest.
The most striking Place: Varanasi. Undoubtedly, there is no city like it in the world. We must have strength to visit and find the charm of this place with much character.
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