HOW TO HANDLE TOUTS IN INDIA

[@eprohoda]

Hi! Awol,!thanks, unusual traveling! see you later.

[@AWOLCPA]

Thanks!

[@michaelskidmore2006]

wow

[@MickeyMishra]

I need to brush up on my Hindi. You know what's weird? Whenever somebody asks where to move to cheap? INDIAN never seems to come up; ever. I think this is part of the reason why. I am not familiar with a lot of these Hindu terms like "Tout" . So thank you for that I appreciate it. Conversely, that's probably why no one actually wants to go there since this is such an avid practice in India and in some other parts of the world. But it seems like it's an absolute normality in India and is traditionally almost universally despised and most parts of the world and it most cultures. I don't think it's limited to places like India It's just that it's so prevalent and so in your face that people simply think they're being surrounded by car salesman.

[@AWOLCPA]

Hi Mickey - Thanks so much for your well-considered comment. Yes, the tourist areas are generally filled with folks hoping to sell you something. If there is one thing I have learned while traveling it is to stay away from the tourist areas in general. The great joys of my travels in India came when being in an offbeat place and chatting with as many locals as I could get my hands on. Shimla, for instance, was a magical place. It takes hours of driving through the mountains to get there. But when you finally arrive you get to observe a way of life which is largely uncorrupted by international tourism. I am planning on going back to India in 2025 for a month. This time I will be avoiding just about all the tourist stops in favor of the backwaters and traveling at a much slower pace. I find you can not really see a city in one day. Better to spend three if possible.