Village Tour

phil69

Hi everybody,

there is only one week left until i'll be off to delhi
i'll be going delhi-chandigarh-shimla-dharmsala-amritsar-varanasi-kalcutta and would like to have a "small villages" tour in between.
Go by train to then next village, walk around, have something to eat and take the bus to the next village...
Can anybody pls. give me some suggestions what area to choose? I'm thinking abou somewhewere between varanasi and calcutta, probably buy a used bicycle and forget about the trains/buses.
Can you find some sort of hotel/bed in the Villages off the beaten track?
Did anybody do something like this before - what happended?

counting the days phil

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beach

Be a bit careful when you are rural Bihar. It's our wildwest

ddutta

My advise/suggestion is avoid Varanasi - Kolkata , as rural UP , Bihar & Jharkhand is not safe at all . Punjab , Himachal is more safe .

phil69

you mean i will get robbed and stabbed with a high probability?

Would west bengales be an alternative? heading south from Kolkata?

btw. i've already planned some small trips around dharmsala (to the north)

phil

ddutta

There is every chance of robbery & harrasment.Moreover the roads & basic ifrastructure in rural Bihar , Jharkhand & UP are in pathetic condition. If you have already planned trips in HP then heading south (Orissa , AP ) from Kolkata will be better option.