Let's Go India & Nepal On a Budget

From the Let's Go series.

With a population that has just topped one billion, India bursts at the seams with dozens of different cultures and a vibrant variety to match the magnitude of its sheer numbers. Birthplace of three of the world's oldest religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism - India today accommodates countless others and struggles to maintain its secular facade as the world's largest democracy. For the traveler swept up into this grandest of cultural confluences, India can be as challenging - and as threatening - as it is rewarding and unforgettable. This is not a country that you can sit back and observe; India demands reaction. From the moment you step down from the plane, your senses will be under assault. The sublime beauty of India's natural scenery and towering temples are as likely to overwhelm as the ubiquitous smells of dirt, dust, and dung. Paan stains the city streets, tilak powder dusts the temple walls, the smell of freshly caught fish permeates the seaside air, and the traffic horns will honk you out of your senses. But the magical swirl of color and life, the mosques and the minarets, the quick and spicy meal at a roadside dhaba, and the early morning chime of temple bells make the subcontinent quite unlike anywhere you've ever been before. After a few weeks here, many people are only too happy to escape back to a safer world, where things move at a different pace. But nobody leaves India completely unchanged. Quite a few never leave at all.

Land-locked Nepal is a country shaped by its geography, which takes in some of the world's highest peaks as well as some of its greenest valleys. Ancient temple towns and palace squares help to bring true every romantic dream you ever dreamed about the Kathmandu Valley, the political and social center of the country. Soaring high above the valleys and farms, of course, are the mighty Himalayas, which offer better hiking and more spectacular scenery than you'll find anywhere else on the planet.

An open mind and a healthy dose of patience are your best inoculations against the travails of travel in the subcontinent. So, don a pair of non-leather sandals, brush up on those non-verbal communication skills, grab some anti-diarrhea medication, and get ready to roll.

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