I'm not going there again,,,,,,,,

phreako1 · Dec 3rd, 2004, 19:45

kovalam. new years eve local people whacked off the beach by the police to let the drunk tourists have a sanitized stroll on the beach...

Karma Queen · Dec 3rd, 2004, 20:28

pune
pondicherry (although would be nice for a day i suppose)
jaipur (didn't hate it, or probably even dislike it. but there are better places. although amber fort was rather lovely)
ahmedabad for more than a meal at the house of mg
hyderabad for more than a couple of days
agra for more than the taj and the fort

apart from pune (which i would avoid like the plague), all those places have something going for them. probably wouldn't return though

guerik · Dec 4th, 2004, 09:39

Bikaner for me. The rickshaw mafia were worse than anywhere else I've been (including Agra and Jaisalmer), there weren't many really unique things to see* and there wasn't much of an "atmosphere".
Great (and cheap) food at the Bikaner Hotel though

*Karni Mata temple was interesting and I'm glad I've gone, but I don't think worth travelling all that way to see.

swami upanunda · Dec 5th, 2004, 16:42

Anywhere that has become a stop on the tourist trail
Mountain stops - Manali etc
Jaipur is such a hole these days
Tourists these days (on the whole) don't seem to be interested in India, just to say they've had pancakes and felafel in Pushkar, Goa, Hampi, Om Beach
It just sux in the tourist spots now

1WorldinaCave · Dec 5th, 2004, 19:53

A place I won't return to again? hmmmm.
Manali. Didn't come to India to go to a hybridised
indian/israeli Disneyland. sjops with glow in the dark clothes
and fluro paintings of chillum smoking babas, woohoo, an interesting
and enlightening cultural experience for sure.
arrived after a typical length bus journey (10 hours, express by Indian standards) only to realise what a septic hole it was, booked on the first jeep away from the place...to Ladakh, which was really beautiful. probably still is, too.
ladakh, like manali a place full of tourists,, but for me it retains a sense of its past in its present form.
thought i'd balance my negative comments with some positive thoughts

where else not to go?
seems pakistan, according to many locals, despite their fondness for the phrase
CELLO PAKISTAN

George Frowney · Dec 5th, 2004, 21:47

1. Delhi
2. Delhi
3. Delhi
4. Delhi

Gawd do I hate Delhi. I just returned from a month in India, most of it there. Gawd do I hate Delhi.

open_air · Dec 5th, 2004, 22:29

It's tricky to name any single place because often life's biggest surprises happen at the least expected places... Having said that, I would avoid pushkar. I feel like a rat in a tourist maze there and really dislike the "religious" pushing going on at the lake. On a more personal perspectve, I have bad memories of the week I spent in Diu and wouldn't choose to return although it is an interesting place.

vishant · Dec 5th, 2004, 23:30

Rishikesh - without a secomnd thot...
sopme a-hole there told me 'we do not give rooms ti' indians... imahine an indian tellin that to an indian in hindi... mindboggling...

------------------------------------------
I am outta here

kashyap_rajput · Dec 7th, 2004, 18:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by butterball

Ahmedebad...

Think it was just bad luck... I'd planned to take a bus from Bhuj to Ahmedebad and when I asked the conductor if it was ' express ' , naturally he said ' yes '..

Expected to take 4 hrs - in the end 9hrs as it stopped EVERYWHERE.

Got to Ahmedebad, had some stones thrown at me , had the WORST room I've ever had , got sick on a milky ( watery ) desert and was due to take a train to Varanassi the next day which was due to take about 15hrs which took 3 days ! In the end, the train was diverted to Nepal due to a crash - but I didn't realise this !

Naturally, it's ALL Ahmedebad's fault.

One day I'll go back and try again.

Hi there,

I am sorry to hear that because of Ahmedabad you suffered (as you think), sometimes in life we have some bad timeframe,as what i tihink, I hope You will be back one day ahmedabad to explore the beauty of the town ...

Kashyap

Karma Queen · Dec 7th, 2004, 20:31

is there really anything to do in ahmedabad? seemed like a bit of a dive to me!

India Edge · Dec 7th, 2004, 22:02

Agra. But completely worth going once to see the Taj - that first view coming through the gate was breathtaking, a perfect moment.
Bangalore. Although we liked the Bull Temple and the Botanical Garden ok, Bangalore just seemed to be one big traffic jam.
Kanchipuram maybe. But then it was the end of a month's trip through the south and we had flat out seen enough temples!
Also, in the south, Coimbatore and Hassan. In the north, Satna. These were just "passing through" places of little consequence, but as was the case everywhere, we did meet some nice people there. -Greg

Laerke · Dec 7th, 2004, 23:26

Barmer - the worst place I've been in India. It is not a tourist place at all (because there is absolutely nothing to see or do) But they still tried to hassle us big time, and the starring - Oh my...! It was the worst ever.
Mt Abu I didn't really like either

Shaktipalooza · Dec 8th, 2004, 00:43

if all of india was like that area i'd never go back.

anyone reading this thread should take note that many of these bad experiences are circumstantial. don't write a place off because someone had a bad time there.

i agree with a few but for example someone mentioned varanasi as a place they'd never go back to visit while it's one of my favorite places in india.

crvlvr · Dec 8th, 2004, 00:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bryan

yeah it was some jump from 5 Rupees to $20 ...for Westerners

Just minor retribution for being raped for 200 years by colonial powers..

Serena · Dec 8th, 2004, 02:16

.....it's not the place...... it's just your own experience that makes you hate a place. So it's impossible for me that "I'm not going there again.....".
I will give the place another possibility....

Dec 5th, 2004, 21:47	#51
George Frowney Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Yuck City Posts: 16	My four least favorite places, in order 1. Delhi 2. Delhi 3. Delhi 4. Delhi Gawd do I hate Delhi. I just returned from a month in India, most of it there. Gawd do I hate Delhi.

Dec 7th, 2004, 22:02	#56
India Edge Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 209	Agra. But completely worth going once to see the Taj - that first view coming through the gate was breathtaking, a perfect moment. Bangalore. Although we liked the Bull Temple and the Botanical Garden ok, Bangalore just seemed to be one big traffic jam. Kanchipuram maybe. But then it was the end of a month's trip through the south and we had flat out seen enough temples! Also, in the south, Coimbatore and Hassan. In the north, Satna. These were just "passing through" places of little consequence, but as was the case everywhere, we did meet some nice people there. -Greg __________________ India pics India vids

Dec 7th, 2004, 23:26	#57
Laerke A happy member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denmark Posts: 90	Barmer - the worst place I've been in India. It is not a tourist place at all (because there is absolutely nothing to see or do) But they still tried to hassle us big time, and the starring - Oh my...! It was the worst ever. Mt Abu I didn't really like either __________________ www.mytrails.dk

Dec 8th, 2004, 00:43	#58
Shaktipalooza Maha Guru Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Portland Oregon USA Posts: 895	Paharganj if all of india was like that area i'd never go back. anyone reading this thread should take note that many of these bad experiences are circumstantial. don't write a place off because someone had a bad time there. i agree with a few but for example someone mentioned varanasi as a place they'd never go back to visit while it's one of my favorite places in india.

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Dec 3rd, 2004, 19:45	#46
phreako1 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: mekalapalli AP Posts: 126	kovalam. new years eve local people whacked off the beach by the police to let the drunk tourists have a sanitized stroll on the beach...

Dec 3rd, 2004, 20:28	#47
Karma Queen Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: England Posts: 365	pune pondicherry (although would be nice for a day i suppose) jaipur (didn't hate it, or probably even dislike it. but there are better places. although amber fort was rather lovely) ahmedabad for more than a meal at the house of mg hyderabad for more than a couple of days agra for more than the taj and the fort apart from pune (which i would avoid like the plague), all those places have something going for them. probably wouldn't return though

Dec 4th, 2004, 09:39	#48
guerik Maha Guru Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,038	Bikaner for me. The rickshaw mafia were worse than anywhere else I've been (including Agra and Jaisalmer), there weren't many really unique things to see* and there wasn't much of an "atmosphere". Great (and cheap) food at the Bikaner Hotel though *Karni Mata temple was interesting and I'm glad I've gone, but I don't think worth travelling all that way to see.

Dec 5th, 2004, 16:42	#49
swami upanunda Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 19	Anywhere that has become a stop on the tourist trail Mountain stops - Manali etc Jaipur is such a hole these days Tourists these days (on the whole) don't seem to be interested in India, just to say they've had pancakes and felafel in Pushkar, Goa, Hampi, Om Beach It just sux in the tourist spots now

Dec 5th, 2004, 19:53	#50
1WorldinaCave Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 66	A place I won't return to again? hmmmm. Manali. Didn't come to India to go to a hybridised indian/israeli Disneyland. sjops with glow in the dark clothes and fluro paintings of chillum smoking babas, woohoo, an interesting and enlightening cultural experience for sure. arrived after a typical length bus journey (10 hours, express by Indian standards) only to realise what a septic hole it was, booked on the first jeep away from the place...to Ladakh, which was really beautiful. probably still is, too. ladakh, like manali a place full of tourists,, but for me it retains a sense of its past in its present form. thought i'd balance my negative comments with some positive thoughts where else not to go? seems pakistan, according to many locals, despite their fondness for the phrase CELLO PAKISTAN

Dec 5th, 2004, 22:29	#52
open_air Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 62	It's tricky to name any single place because often life's biggest surprises happen at the least expected places... Having said that, I would avoid pushkar. I feel like a rat in a tourist maze there and really dislike the "religious" pushing going on at the lake. On a more personal perspectve, I have bad memories of the week I spent in Diu and wouldn't choose to return although it is an interesting place.

Dec 5th, 2004, 23:30	#53
vishant Wandering spirit Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Everywhere i can be Posts: 59	Rishikesh - without a secomnd thot... sopme a-hole there told me 'we do not give rooms ti' indians... imahine an indian tellin that to an indian in hindi... mindboggling... ------------------------------------------ I am outta here

Dec 7th, 2004, 20:31	#55
Karma Queen Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: England Posts: 365	is there really anything to do in ahmedabad? seemed like a bit of a dive to me!

Dec 8th, 2004, 02:16	#60
Serena Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bologna, Italy Posts: 282	.....it's not the place...... it's just your own experience that makes you hate a place. So it's impossible for me that "I'm not going there again.....". I will give the place another possibility....

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