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Q. I want to travel the world. Currently I want to check out London, India, and Shanghai or Beijing. The point I'm trying to make is that I want to get out and see the world! Can anyone tell me how life is in the three areas I mentioned? I'm currently a 17 year old student entering college in New York City this fall. So obviously I'm going to have to wait it out before I can go see the sights!
Also...I come from a single parent home. It has always just been me and my dad. I'm kind of apprehensive on leaving because I don't want to leave my dad. Any advice?
Also...I come from a single parent home. It has always just been me and my dad. I'm kind of apprehensive on leaving because I don't want to leave my dad. Any advice?
Answer
If you want to travel and also go to college then no doubt you'll have to juggle between the two. But lets just say you get the funds together and the time to do this. Your dad is an adult, he will miss you but he will think very highly of you for stepping out into the unknown. Its worrying for the first time going alone, which is why most people dont do it, but i cant stress enough how rewarding it is.
Visiting a non western country is one of the best eye openers to the real world you can give yourself, especially if there is much poverty. The laws, food, transport, culture, traditions, evironment and the general way of life is by far different to yours and when you see, smell and hear it all for yourself it can be overhwhelming i.e. you get a dose of the culture shock. You cant just drink water from the tap without getting seriously ill, you have to watch what you eat (dont get anything from the street carts unless cooked infront of you and you know what it is) and adjusting to there food will upset your stomach, there are tourist scams, bus scams, some laws that dont seem to apply to them still apply to you, cant trust many people as your like a millioniare to them and safety is advised in alot of areas. The onlything worth trusting is your travel guide and if it says that hotel is good and so is the bus nearby then it is. If you are just going for the all organised package deal then its a breeze but not as rewarding. Throwing a backpack on, grabbing a travel guide and getting out there with no real plans set but to see the place is the way to do it. You see more, its by far more rewarding and the joy of "going where the wind takes me" adds to the buzz but most importantly after it all you come back with a huge sence of accomplishment.
India is a hard place to backpack around. The transport was occasionally unreliable and scummy, the food took a bit of adjusting, the climate was horror, the smells and noises somtimes drove me up the wall, poverty is everywhere, its dirty but the sights are amazing! London is easy, although i was coming into my 3rd year of backpacking around the world so well experianced by the time i got there. Its western, get a drink and get on a bus a go see the sights...easy. But the underground is havoc lol China, i only did the south of China, it was easy enough, the trains are great and even coming from Vietnam but the language barrier was a bit of problem there. There was much hand waving but it was nothing the travel guide couldnt handle.
The best advice i can give you is to get a travel guide, go to a country and visit its neighbouring or not so far away countries. Go back to school, and do it again. Backpack through these places. Only plan what countries your going to see and figure out where your going to go in these countries when you get there because trust me plans will go out the window once you get there. Dont be afraid, you wont be alone because you WILL meet plenty of people doing the same (i bumped into a german guy 6 times throughout SE Asia) All the info you need is in the travel guides, lonely planet is the best and very accurate...it tells you everything from language, culture, ways of life to how to get from here to there, there to that, how much and how long it takes. See some awsome sights, take plenty of photos, do it and you will come back a changed person and much more confident in yourself.
I could go on all night about my 3 years of experiances but i will only say this, memories last for life and it was the best time of my life!! now i have a son...but the travel bug is still there and hes coming with me...just not like before lol
p.s. learn how to take good photos and get a small waterproof camera (loch awe in the highlands of scotland killed my old one)
If you want to travel and also go to college then no doubt you'll have to juggle between the two. But lets just say you get the funds together and the time to do this. Your dad is an adult, he will miss you but he will think very highly of you for stepping out into the unknown. Its worrying for the first time going alone, which is why most people dont do it, but i cant stress enough how rewarding it is.
Visiting a non western country is one of the best eye openers to the real world you can give yourself, especially if there is much poverty. The laws, food, transport, culture, traditions, evironment and the general way of life is by far different to yours and when you see, smell and hear it all for yourself it can be overhwhelming i.e. you get a dose of the culture shock. You cant just drink water from the tap without getting seriously ill, you have to watch what you eat (dont get anything from the street carts unless cooked infront of you and you know what it is) and adjusting to there food will upset your stomach, there are tourist scams, bus scams, some laws that dont seem to apply to them still apply to you, cant trust many people as your like a millioniare to them and safety is advised in alot of areas. The onlything worth trusting is your travel guide and if it says that hotel is good and so is the bus nearby then it is. If you are just going for the all organised package deal then its a breeze but not as rewarding. Throwing a backpack on, grabbing a travel guide and getting out there with no real plans set but to see the place is the way to do it. You see more, its by far more rewarding and the joy of "going where the wind takes me" adds to the buzz but most importantly after it all you come back with a huge sence of accomplishment.
India is a hard place to backpack around. The transport was occasionally unreliable and scummy, the food took a bit of adjusting, the climate was horror, the smells and noises somtimes drove me up the wall, poverty is everywhere, its dirty but the sights are amazing! London is easy, although i was coming into my 3rd year of backpacking around the world so well experianced by the time i got there. Its western, get a drink and get on a bus a go see the sights...easy. But the underground is havoc lol China, i only did the south of China, it was easy enough, the trains are great and even coming from Vietnam but the language barrier was a bit of problem there. There was much hand waving but it was nothing the travel guide couldnt handle.
The best advice i can give you is to get a travel guide, go to a country and visit its neighbouring or not so far away countries. Go back to school, and do it again. Backpack through these places. Only plan what countries your going to see and figure out where your going to go in these countries when you get there because trust me plans will go out the window once you get there. Dont be afraid, you wont be alone because you WILL meet plenty of people doing the same (i bumped into a german guy 6 times throughout SE Asia) All the info you need is in the travel guides, lonely planet is the best and very accurate...it tells you everything from language, culture, ways of life to how to get from here to there, there to that, how much and how long it takes. See some awsome sights, take plenty of photos, do it and you will come back a changed person and much more confident in yourself.
I could go on all night about my 3 years of experiances but i will only say this, memories last for life and it was the best time of my life!! now i have a son...but the travel bug is still there and hes coming with me...just not like before lol
p.s. learn how to take good photos and get a small waterproof camera (loch awe in the highlands of scotland killed my old one)
What to pack for Calcutta?
Sophie
I am studying abroad next semester in Calcutta and I am having a really hard time figuring out what to bring. I will be there from the end of December until mid April and will be staying with a host family and going to college there and would like to not offend anyone with certain outfits or whatever. I just don't know what to consider offensive or appropriate seeing as here in the US everything pretty much goes. I also want to pack the right way for the weather so any suggestions for that would be awesome too.
Actually any packing suggestions as to everything i may need would be so incredible!
Thanks
Answer
Sexy trolling by the above guy...Anyway these are th things u need..
1) There will be mostly no rains so no need to pack a waterproof/raincoat..
2) Min temp in winters in calcutta is around 10*C so u think if u need warm clothes or not..On the coldest day u might need a mild jacket in the morning.. U'll see Calcuttainas (people from calcutta) wearing full stuffed up cloths even if there is no cold... and yes if suddenly u feel really cold someday u can buy woolen clothes jackets etc in calcutta itself..its got a huge and cheap market..
3) Roads are NOT good so if u have a lotta walking or u plan to go out on foot, wear sneakers or shoes..heels are not really gonna be comfy..U can wear them if u want.. If u'r planning to party some night the better to carry just 1 pair of 'party heels'..not 10 something shoes... 2 sneakers and maybe 1 boots/shoe (optional)..
4) Avoid wearing ultra mini clothes, tube tops etc overexposing clothes..there are offcourse places where u can wear them..But not all places..try to dress like the group u'r hanging in...
5) The culture is pretty open so i dont think there are any clothes that calcutta people will find offending, but dressing in 'covered up' clothes helps u in dodging the eyes of the already gaping Indian crowd (Indians love to eyeball...rem tht..lol) ..anycase u'r goin in winter-ish time so it'll help..
6) There is possibly nothing that u cant find in calcutta which has a pretty huge world market... Only thing u cant find maybe are medicines ..so know the 'group names' of the medicines or carry the ''life saving drugs'' which u might need with proper prescription from your home country...(like medicines are avl under other names..u might not find the same medicines under the names u'r used too)..Also maybe things like tampons etc...
7) U need sunscreen, sunglasses etc but u'll be able to buy all tht in India itself..Try to ask the locals/friends umake there what they do for mosquitoes etc..the point is American bug repellants might not work on Indian bugs...
8) Carry a nice camera..capture every moment..Actually tht'w wht i do whenever i visit any country...
Regarding other things u can read my answers here --
1) http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=At5GJCkbnObaCOUEYTq0i5jty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20101125122636AAjJYQR
2) http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AkAeydhC5B4SKgYxyv8jUA3ty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20101105162259AA6FtgN
U wanna know anything more u can ask here or message me...
Happy Journey..
Sexy trolling by the above guy...Anyway these are th things u need..
1) There will be mostly no rains so no need to pack a waterproof/raincoat..
2) Min temp in winters in calcutta is around 10*C so u think if u need warm clothes or not..On the coldest day u might need a mild jacket in the morning.. U'll see Calcuttainas (people from calcutta) wearing full stuffed up cloths even if there is no cold... and yes if suddenly u feel really cold someday u can buy woolen clothes jackets etc in calcutta itself..its got a huge and cheap market..
3) Roads are NOT good so if u have a lotta walking or u plan to go out on foot, wear sneakers or shoes..heels are not really gonna be comfy..U can wear them if u want.. If u'r planning to party some night the better to carry just 1 pair of 'party heels'..not 10 something shoes... 2 sneakers and maybe 1 boots/shoe (optional)..
4) Avoid wearing ultra mini clothes, tube tops etc overexposing clothes..there are offcourse places where u can wear them..But not all places..try to dress like the group u'r hanging in...
5) The culture is pretty open so i dont think there are any clothes that calcutta people will find offending, but dressing in 'covered up' clothes helps u in dodging the eyes of the already gaping Indian crowd (Indians love to eyeball...rem tht..lol) ..anycase u'r goin in winter-ish time so it'll help..
6) There is possibly nothing that u cant find in calcutta which has a pretty huge world market... Only thing u cant find maybe are medicines ..so know the 'group names' of the medicines or carry the ''life saving drugs'' which u might need with proper prescription from your home country...(like medicines are avl under other names..u might not find the same medicines under the names u'r used too)..Also maybe things like tampons etc...
7) U need sunscreen, sunglasses etc but u'll be able to buy all tht in India itself..Try to ask the locals/friends umake there what they do for mosquitoes etc..the point is American bug repellants might not work on Indian bugs...
8) Carry a nice camera..capture every moment..Actually tht'w wht i do whenever i visit any country...
Regarding other things u can read my answers here --
1) http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=At5GJCkbnObaCOUEYTq0i5jty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20101125122636AAjJYQR
2) http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AkAeydhC5B4SKgYxyv8jUA3ty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20101105162259AA6FtgN
U wanna know anything more u can ask here or message me...
Happy Journey..
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