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    India.....

    Just curious, has anyone here been there? What was your experience if so? Rob

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    I know sweetana has been there a couple of times, so I hope she sees your post.

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    Quote Originally Posted by iris lilies View Post
    I know sweetana has been there a couple of times, so I hope she sees your post.
    Thank You, IL. Rob

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    Was in India in 1991 for 33 days. Have several friends who are Indian and travel back once or twice a year. Our trip was so long ago and during the First Gulf War that the experience was quite different from others traveling to India. The country ran out of gas so there was little traffic and accidents were few. Not the same now. We met few tourists due to the war. At that time, India has only started their enormous attempt to modernize. (We also traveled to England in the time of wooden train carriages, so we are not impressed the modernity of new English travel.)

    I would not choose to go back. The pollution, the traffic, the industry, and all things American seem to be much more evident or just worse.

    Friends who are going back to a family home often love it but some partners find it just too "much" to overcome and come back early. It is an overwhelming country and works (or doesnt) in strange ways.

    My favorite overseas countries are Japan, Thailand, and France.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sweetana3 View Post
    Was in India in 1991 for 33 days. Have several friends who are Indian and travel back once or twice a year. Our trip was so long ago and during the First Gulf War that the experience was quite different from others traveling to India. The country ran out of gas so there was little traffic and accidents were few. Not the same now. We met few tourists due to the war. At that time, India has only started their enormous attempt to modernize. (We also traveled to England in the time of wooden train carriages, so we are not impressed the modernity of new English travel.)

    I would not choose to go back. The pollution, the traffic, the industry, and all things American seem to be much more evident or just worse.

    Friends who are going back to a family home often love it but some partners find it just too "much" to overcome and come back early. It is an overwhelming country and works (or doesnt) in strange ways.

    My favorite overseas countries are Japan, Thailand, and France.
    I loved .Thailand! I think everyone does.

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    okay-----Warning: India food is slop. Just one spoonful makes me want to heave. Things don't get better from there. Hope that hopes you some. Thankk mee.

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    Quote Originally Posted by littlebittybobby View Post
    okay-----Warning: India food is slop. Just one spoonful makes me want to heave. Things don't get better from there. Hope that hopes you some. Thankk mee.
    I love Indian food. I did a little bit of Indian cooking tonight even.

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    Indian food here and in India are quite different. A month there was an experience I will never forget. I am happy we went but have no desire to go back. Not a place I would even consider for retirement. Equador would be a better option IMO.

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    Never ever visit a kitchen in India. But, with following all precautions, we did not get sick. We did become vegetarians very fast when I could not identify the bones left on my plate. But again this was 30 years ago.

    Did find it fascinating to see whole rats being sold at the food market in Thailand. We were on a food tour so visited many markets.

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    I think Rob has watched the film “Best Exotic Marigold hotel” to get this idea about retiring in India.He wont really go there. I thought he was looking at places south of our United States border exclusively. Some version of Spanish is spoken there, a language with which he is familiar.

    But really, in the end, Rob won’t go anywhere.

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