Comments on: Is backpacking in India a beaten path?

By: Mariellen

Mariellen — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:49:08 +0000

Thanks Manu! I know how you feel about backpacking

By: Manu

Manu — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:06:45 +0000

Its just great to see such a beautiful Blog on backpacking in India
Manu recently posted..Discover Backpacking

By: Tours and Travels in India

Tours and Travels in India — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:53:45 +0000

Thanks for giving information about back oacking in India.Also the images given this blog is attractive.

By: pinoy boy

pinoy boy — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 05:52:37 +0000

I have to agree that most of the backpacker nowadays are in for the fun of becoming a foreigner in an unknown territory. although, it doesn’t mean you cannot go to the touristy places because in the first place, they won’t be touristy if those places weren’t spectacular. i am planning a trip to india real soon to see the wonders and to heal myself from the troubles of the modern world. Cheers everyone!

By: Nisha

Nisha — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:37:00 +0000

I read a lot of blogs by ‘foreign’ people who visit India. As an Indian, I can say, I agree with you. there is a lot more than 4-5 places you have mentioned.

Besides, going abroad from time to time, I am still exploring my own country. There is so much to learn, know & tell the world. Multi lingual, multi-cultural and multi facet… it fascinates me also, let alone outsiders.

I believe, some people come here only to put a tick mark to their list of ‘places visited’ and they hang out in already known places and take back the same views as their predecessors have already done.

To learn about a place & its culture, it’s very important to mingle with locals… of common people in their day to day life and we come to know of lot of hidden treasures.

By: Satu

Satu — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:13:15 +0000

I think you can’t go to India and not be transformed some way! I completely agree with getting out of the backpacker hangouts at least every now and then. There’s so much more to India than Goa, Manali and Pahar Ganj. Actually I think a lot of Delhi residents would never voluntarily go to Pahar Ganj!! I remember a young woman in Delhi warning me about Pahar Ganj: “don’t go there! You’ll get cheated!” There is a lot to see in India outside the backpacker places and it’s a very different India too.

By: Mariellen

Mariellen — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:05:37 +0000

Sara, that is a story I would love to read! I hope you write it. India changed the way I see the world, too.

btw, I know backpacking can be fun and has its charms, but there is so much to be gained from making an effort to cross the cultural divide and really get to know the people and the place. That’s where a lot of the transformational magic lies, if you ask me …

By: Sara C.

Sara C. — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:01:28 +0000

I also remembered that I have got to do more writing about my experiences in India – writing that post I remembered a whole story that I never wrote anything about at the time, but which ultimately changed the way I see the world…

By: Sara C.

Sara C. — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:59:23 +0000

Thanks for the shoutout!

I’ve written a post about the topic on my blog, Itchy Foot Adventures, which you can check out here:

http://itchyfoot.tumblr.com/post/816343968/backpacking-and-authenticity

The upshot is that I feel conflicted about it. I’ve had fun staying in party hostels or spending a few days in Pahar Ganj. But my travels have been so much richer for my time not spent on the Gora Trail.

By: Andi

Andi — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:22:58 +0000

I was just at Leopold’s!

Well, I agree with what you said, but I can also see that most people before they start traveling are not really sure which country pulls at their heartstrings the most, so they must set out to find the one place that makes them want to stay for an indefinite amount of time in order to get to know it and its people better. I’m lucky and I’ve always sorta known that Latin culture is what I’m most interested in.