[ChrisJ]

iwanttogoback, on Jun 11 2007, 12:38 PM, said:

an impressive list!

any high or low lights?

Highlights: Kashmir and Kerela. I took an overnight train to Kerela. Left a dusty station and went to sleep. Awoke in the morning to look out upon a sea of green lushness. Literally jaw dropping. I was only 18 and it was my first time abroad on my own. I won't forget that memory. Summer in Kashmir on Nagin Lake takes some beating too!

Lowlights: Selfish people arguing over seating arrangements for westerners at HH Dalai Lama lectures in Mcleod Ganj. (I would explain in detail but I dont think this is the thead for it)

Can anyone suggest any "must go to" places? I met a guy a while back who said I absolutley must go to chitrakoot. Anyone been there?

Chreers!

Chris.

[Luckywoman]

I've not been to Chitrakoot, Chris.
My list so far, in no particular order:
Delhi
Agra
Jaipur
Orccha*
Khajuraho
Sarnath
Varanasi*
Hyderabad
Mandawa*
Bikaner
Deshnoke
Jaisalmer*
Lodurva
Khuri
Ranakpur*
Udaipur
Jodhpur*
Mandore
Setrawa
Osyan
Bishnoi villages*
Chittorgarh
Khumbalgarh
Bundi*
Deeg
Bharatpur (Keoladeo)*

*highlights

[noflylist]

Zharkhand - Dhanbad (you have to see coal mines once!) Ranchi and surrounding villages Jamshedpur
Bihar - Sarnath
Delhi
Faridabad
Agra
Goa (I do not remember the names of beaches, I was on Honeymoon!)
Bangalore
Mysore
Ooty
Maharashtra - Mumbai Nagpur Shirdi Mahabaleshwar Matheran Aurangabad
Shirdi
Gujarat - Baroda Ahmedabad Gandhinagar Bhavnagar Mahuva(Ancestral family home) Somnath Dabhan Billimora Navsari Vadtal Pavagadh ...
Rajasthan - Mt Abu Udaypur Jaipur
Himachal Pradesh - Shimla, Fagu Manali Naggar Manikaran Kullu...
Kashmir - Srinagar Gulmarg Jammu Sonmarg...

Edited by noflylist, 05 July 2007 - 01:49 AM.

[Luckywoman]

noflylist, on Jul 4 2007, 09:52 PM, said:

Goa (I do not remember the names of beaches, I was on Honeymoon!)

You probably didn't see too much of the beaches that time, Nofly

[cyberhippie]

Quote

Can anyone suggest any "must go to" places? I met a guy a while back who said I absolutley must go to chitrakoot. Anyone been there?

Yeah i spent 3-4 days there, very atmospheric place, beats Rishikesh or Varanasi IMHO. it'a bit of a hike to get there but well worth it. I recommend  a stroll along the Ghats at 06.30.
Also do the Char Dham pilgrimage lot's of fun and some interesting places along the way!

[noflylist]

I am surprised why Mathura is on no body's list, Mama tells me he who has not experienced Mathura Pandas (ritual priests) has not lived! I want to go visit once to see how aggressive they really are!

[WonderWomanUSA]

Here's the alphabetized  list of the places I can name at the top of my head, but I think there are a few missing from the list...


Agra
Allahabad
Almora
Amritsar
Bangalore
Bharatpur
Bhuj
Calcutta
Chandigarh
Chennai
Delhi
Dwarka
Gaya – Bodh Gaya
Goa-Calangute – Mopca - Panaji
Hyderabad
Jaipur
Jodhpur
Kulu
Lucknow
Madurai
Mathura
Mammalipuram
Manali
Mt. Abu
Mumbai
Mysore
Nainital
Ooty
Pondicherry
Puri
Pushkar
Tiruchirapalli (sp?)
Varanasi – Sarnath

[noflylist]

I see wonderwomanusa list has Mathura!

[Sudheer Poppa]

From North to South (from what I know of Geography)

- New Delhi
- Agra
- Firozabad
- Jalgaon (Ajanta caves)
- Aurangabad (Ellora)
- Mumbai
- Goa
- Gokarna
- Shimoga
- Bangalore
- Mysore
- Mangalore
I would say almost whole of Tamil Nadu and Kerala (main cities ofcourse)

[WonderWomanUSA]

noflylist, on Jul 7 2007, 09:30 AM, said:

I see wonderwomanusa list has Mathura!

And I forgot, among others, to put Cochin on the list.  

[Lawrence of Suburbia]

I'm a rank beginner...

Listed are places lived-in and visited in the 1960's and in 1996; I'm not limiting it to India, to pump up my total (spot the Pakistan/Sri Lanka places).

Lahore
Rawalpindi
Peshawar
Landi Kotal
Delhi
Amritsar
Agra
Srinagar
Colombo
Kandy
Sigiriya
Anuradhapura
Nuwara Eliya
Pollonaruwa
Galle
Musoorie
Jaipur
Jodhpur
Jaisalmer
Udaipur
Ranakpur
Fatehpur Sikri
Khajuraho
Varanasi

Cheers,
Bruce

Edited by Lawrence of Suburbia, 31 August 2007 - 11:50 AM.