5 Cities That Make You Want a Vacation to India

Why to India? Is not the country slum? Smell? Many beggars? Mess? Fraud? What is the exciting country that must be visited?

Yes, it can not be denied that the answer to the above questions is "YES". Everything is in India. All these minorals are closely related to the second most populous country in the world.

Answering the last question, "What is the interesting of the country that must be visited?". Very commonly the answer, the average backpacker who first traveled to India will give a cliche answer like interested in his culture or also want to try out of his comfortable traveling zone. Common examples such as watching a cremation ceremony at the Ganges River, learning traditional music, yoga courses, feeling the thrill of crowding in a very crowded bus, clashing quickly while in the ticket queue or moving the city using a sleeper train. True, India is the place if we want to run the two characters. Although it is true that both are interesting and very challenging, but not all the traveler is interested in the culture, and not all also willing to sacrifice his traveling time just to just get out of the comfort zone. Then why India should still be visited?

Let's pause to think about these minor matters, not the Indian name if you can not make us startled and fall in love. Just like coins, India also has two different sides. In fact India is not only able to invite travelers to dwell in the two extremes, India also presents many other interesting things that will make the answer of the opening questions above changed from "yes" to "no". As a leak, Kolkata is famous for its poverty and its slums is not it? But what I get when traveling there is very far from the statement, maybe it used to be so different from now. My personal opinion holds that Kolkata is relatively comfortable for travelers to explore, its neat and clean, honest townscape, entering the city as it enters a time-hall that takes me into the atmosphere of European black-and-white films, the old colonial relics of Britain combined with yellow taxis that should have become a collection of items make this city's romance is very classic.

And these 5 cities will change our point of view over India and may instead turn to it.

1. Darjeeling

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Tea lovers must be familiar when hearing the word Darjeeling. Yes, Darjeeling tea is one of the best in the world, ranging from color, aroma and after taste of this tea is very distinctive and loved tea lovers. Yet many still do not know that Darjeeling is the name of an area located in the state of West Bengal, India. The location itself is located at the foot of the Himalayas.

However, coming to Darjeeling does not mean just enjoying tea, here we can explore the beauty of tea plantations on the slopes of the Himalayas or trace the rural-rural classical English architecture mixed with Monggolia. Hot? Of course not, from the location it is clear that Darjeeling is on the slopes of the Himalayas then the temperature here is very cool even in the winter Darjeeling will be white because it is covered by snow.

Lazy walking? Calm down we can still enjoy Darjeeling in a way that is not very draining. We just need to sit on the small train (toy train) that serves Darjeeling - Kurseong round trip. Train? True railway, because the locomotive used to pull the small carriages that will bring us to enjoy this path is still using steam power, although there are also locomotives that already use diesel power. And the train named Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) is one of the heritage sites protected by UNESCO in India.

2. Agra

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Who does not know the majestic marble maoseluem under the name Taj Mahal. Never mind again, that every person who comes to India will certainly set aside time to just visit a place that is proof of a king's love for his wife in Agra. Being one of the seven wonders of the world it is no wonder that everyone dreams of coming here to look and admire the beauty of this magnificent cemetery.
As a package, in this city we can also visit Agra fort based on kadeiloskopnya is the center of the Mughal kingdom government as well as the palace of Shah Jahan, the king who built the Taj Mahal for his late wife, Mumtaz.

Besides being able to explore historical facts and enjoy the splendor of beautifully carved architecture and reliefs on the red stones that adorn Agra Fort, inside this fort we can also feel Shah Jahan's profound love atmosphere to Mumtaz. In this Castle we can visit a room of exile that the king used in his psychological disturbance after Mumtaz's death. This room was designed at the request of the king, so he could see his wife. Finally made this exile room with the position of the view directly facing the Taj Mahal. It is said that the king spent the rest of his life there by just looking at the Taj Mahal only.

Not valid if we visit India without looking at these historic sites.

3. Shimla

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This city is the pole furthest from all keminoran existing in India. Slum? Smell? Mess? Sorry you can not find it here. Getting into Shimla seemed to be outside the Asian continent. The feel of the European ancient feels very strong in the city that is in this Himalayan plateau.

Shimla is also claimed to be an area with minimal air pollution. Yes, the city is free of motor vehicles, so for those of us who want to walk along the corners of Shimla must be by foot. Prepare your knee because the natural contours of this city is a hill that is rich in climbs.

In addition to the beauty and beauty offered by Shimla, there are interesting things to explore in this city. The Indian paradigm that has communities far from the word discipline especially in the sanitation sector can be broken in this city. Who can imagine in this land that is famous for its slum there is a beautiful city is declared from smoke free, aka no one can smoke in public area of ​​Shimla. In addition to smoking, the Shimla government also implements a ban on spitting indiscriminately which is one of the cleanliness problems in India. This is because the majority of men aged in India have a habit of chewing khat leaves, like whiting in Indonesia which then spit haphazardly to the closest walls they encounter. But this does not apply in Shimla, warning signs about smoking and spitting restrictions are sure to exist in every corner of the city, and for those who break it, the rewards are a fine.

But there is one thing to note from this city, that Shimla is relatively unfriendly to the backpacker's pockets. The geographical location adjacent to India's two major cities of New Delhi and Rishikesh make it the favorite tourist spot of the young bourgeoisie of these two modern cities, like Puncak adjacent to Jakarta. So it is not strange if the city has a high enough selling power. But demkian is not a backpacker name if you can not outsmart economic problems while traveling, there is always an economical way to enjoy this city.

4. Manali

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The city is located in the Himalayan complex, here we can walk through the natural forests of the Himalayan foothills, here also can enjoy the wild and fresh stream of water from the river flowing from the Himalayas upstream, here also we can feel the sensation adjacent to the glacier -glacier that scattered on the tops of the Himalayas. Everything is Himalayan! Suitable for those of you who are obsessed to just footing the Himalayas.

But not only the Himalayas are the main attraction of this city. Manali is central to the state of Himachal Pradesh, becoming one of the intersections of the areas in northern India. It can be said that Manali is a wedge of fusion of cultures in northern India. As Indian culture in general is thick with Hindusme, Spitian is thick with Buddhism from Tibet also Kashmiri culture that adapts the culture of Islamic teachings we can find here.

Tata town of Manali itself relatively neat and also clean, if must dianalogikan, Manali urang more similar to Braga street in Bandung.

In addition Manali also has magical power to evoke our backpacker passion back "fresh" when. This area is similar to Kaoshan Road in Thailand, Pham Ngu Lao in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam or Thamel in Kathmandu, Nepal. Walking a little from the main square Manali, precisely in the Old Manali area we can feel the atmosphere of the backpacker passion generator is from the domination of the traveler around the world that brings the stories of a very interesting trip inside him.

5. Srinagar, Kashmir

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Heaven of Earth, Paradise on Earth, The Most Beautiful Place in The World and other beautiful words will color our imagination when hearing the name of Kashmir. It is not excessive if Kashmir is often touted as a paradise of the world. The natural lake landscape formations, valleys and mountains scattered in the Kashmir region seem to accomplish the visualization of the world of nirvana that is often told by the old storytellers. Despite persistent conflicts, Kashmir remains a magnet capable of attracting and hypnotizing travelers from around the world to simply peek at the country in the northern tip of India.

There are many things we can do in Kashmir ranging from culinary tours, enjoying the cultural beauty of Kashmiri folk adapted from Persian culture, or living on a houseboat in Dal Lake, Srinagar. And do not forget to taste the very sweet Kashmiri apple.

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