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I was worried about the same thing when I went, no problems in any of the cities mentioned.

If you can, bring your luggage with you to keep under your seat or bunk. There are luggage cars but it is difficult to use with the little...

There were cockroaches in AC2 Sleeper car. Close the curtain and read a book, or if the attendant is nice and will open the door between...

estaesnuestra: I got my Visa at the beginning of November in Toronto. Toronto and Vancouver both use VFS.

Let me know if you find a place as I'm planning to go to Gujarat next year.

Just bad luck if the previous occupants brought them with them. Or unluckier still if the hotel owner uses too powerful a pesticide to...

Moving around the south of India and staying rooms at hostels, guest quarters in hospitals and residential schools, I brought bed bug spray...

I only stayed in a top end hotel for a few nights. The rest of of time I was in rooms at hostels and places similar to homestays. The...

If your homestays are well screened and air conditioned, you won't need a net. The plug ins work great. I take a sleep sheet with pillow...

My visa was ready in 6 business days and I picked it up. I filled out the application online, printed it and went in person on the same...

Chandni Chowk is in Delhi, take a rickshaw. Good guides that are knowledgable are not easy to find, many have other agendas, may want to...

Its new and its expensive (Malarone). Mefloquine is much cheaper and is only taken once a week, easier to comply. As for answers that...

Sorry, I meant I don't know much about Malarone, except that its very expensive in Canada.

All of India except for areas with altitudes above 2000 m have moderate risk of malaria. I took Mefloquine, it has terrible side effects...

They are not just desensitized, they contribute to it routinely. I stopped counting the number of times someone offered to take garbage...