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What is the price difference between the gemstones from Jaipur and official jewelry stores? I see the intrigue of wanting to go to where you can get the best price, but I would worry about whether the gems were real or not if they were not sold from the jewelry store. Is there a way to tell...

When I traveled in Japan, I learned the hard way to avoid rooms near elevators, pools, or any other loud area where a lot of people go by. You feel that it will probably be ok, but it never is and it always gets too loud to concentrate or sleep. When you are traveling for business, you don't...

I've heard that there are differences between the Eastern and Western people of India as much as Northern and Southern. One of these is that the Eastern Indians are mostly of the Catholic faith, while people who are West Indian are more of the beliefs and lifestyle of the Carribean? Please...

This is a great question. I was wondering if I would have to pick up Punjabi or Sanskrit words and phrases before attempting to go, but from what it sounds like here I would be ok just visiting and speaking English?

Dude! This sounds like a lot of fun to me! I would love to do something like this! I hope that I get a chance to someday. I probably wouldn't even ask on my first trip, but if everything goes well and I go back again for a longer time, I would love to have fun and be an extra in a film! That...

After my expenses for daily living are taken care of, I have a way of doing it to where I put 15% away for savings and 35% away for my upcoming trip and travel expenses until I have enough with some extra to cover unexpected expenses. The other 50% goes toward daily living, and any portion of it...

That sounds like a lot of fun! I wish I knew the answer to this. There is someone named Vinayja (I apologize if I have misspelled their name) who seems like they would know the answer to this. They answered a question I had about beaches and fishing a while back, so they may know the best...

I have used travel agents before. Some are very good and make traveling to new places and even other destinations you've been before easier. There are a few travel agents who did not do quite what they should have however, and made it slightly more difficult of a travel experience. For that...

I've been planning on it my first time this year, so I'm glad to see that it's a place each of you who have been there would gladly travel back to. If I may ask, what was the best part or the places you enjoyed the most when you were visiting there most recently?

When I think of a Tree House, I think of kids playing in a small makeshift place, or Bart Simpson and his tree house lol. But I just looked at some of them in India, and they look like very nice one room houses and something ideal for privacy. I wouldn't mind one of these as long as it's clean...

You're in luck! I was researching this exact thing yesterday! I'm okay with eating curry in dishes, but I wasn't too enthusiastic about having to eat it everyday. I went looking for some of the other dishes I might be able to eat while traveling out there to kind of change it up a little, and I...

Fornicated? I think you meant to say that you were fascinated by them rather than fornicated by them lol. Fornication means for two people who are not married to have sex, while fascination means to be interested in something. I knew what you meant with your comment, but just so you know, there...

I would get it renewed as quickly as possible just to be safe. It's better to have a passport renewal ealry, than to have an expired passport and not be able to make it through customs or back home reasonably without a hassle or having to prove that it's really you on that passport once it's...

My entire post question is entirely in the title! I am wondering what the cultural differences are between North and South India, and if there is anything that a traveler should know (good or bad, or at least some do's and dont's for each region) while going to each part?

All I could seem to find are trips to and from Mumbai at Travelweekly's web site. But that doesn't seem to be a good fit for a lot of the other areas to travel to. Maybe some of the people local to India or frequent travelers there can chime in and help out further on this subject.