Inde d'août à octobre: moussons?
by Petitanne56
This discussion is in French, the community’s main language.
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Bonjour tout le monde!
Je prévois de partir avec 3 amis 3 mois en inde d'aout à octobre 2014. Je sais que c'est la période des moussons, mais ce pays étant 6 fois plus vaste que la France, j'avais pensé étaler mon voyage du nord au sud, afin d'éviter les intempéries.
Alors voici mes questions :
- Pensez vous que cette période est faisable?
- Pour ceux qui connaissent l'inde en profondeur, quels endroits me conseillez vous? (Pour vous situer le type de voyage que j'aimerai c'est partir en sac à dos, me déplacer en train / car, dormir en dortoir, auberges, chez l'habitant, pourquoi pas hôtels de temps à autres mais je préfère l'immersion totale. New delhi, bombay, varanasi, pondichery, le rajasthan, mais aussi des endroits atypiques, non touristiques, afin de découvrir la culture indienne en dehors des zones touristiques...)
- Pour 3 mois, quel budget?
Et si vous avez quelques bon plans, n'hésitez pas ;)
Merci beaucoup pour vos réponses.
😉Pour une bonne immersion je te conseille d'abord de faire de la lecture sur la destination afin d'avoir les idées claires et de savoir ce que tu as envie et aussi de découvrir par toi même les possibilités: Budget, climat, les visites, les transports (on va quand même pas le faire à ta place!!!).
Ensuite de te poser des questions sur 1 parcours que tu pourrais établir au préalable suite aux lectures divers et variés😎
😛Bonne préparation (penser au billet d'avion en 1 + Formalités en 2 etc....)
Pour ce qu'il s'agit du climat, je me suis déjà renseignée... c'est en pleine période des moussons. Hors je suis partie en thailande dans cette periode, ils me parlaient tous de la mousson mais je n'en ai pas vu le jour... je voulais donc savoir s'il y avait des zones plus particulièrement touchées, d'autres moins, avoir des expériences personnelles par des personnes étant parties à la meme période. Pour le transport, idem des expériences personnelles, cmt les gens ont vécu des trajets de 24h voir bien plus. La rapidité, la sécurité, l'immersion, ce qu'ils ont trouvé de + pratique entre les différents transports etc.
Pour les endroits à visiter, et bien... idem! ^^ des expériences personelles :) des endroits qu'ils ont tout simplement apprécié, trouvé nature, des choses que je ne trouverai justement pas dans la littérature, des choses atypiques.
en ce qui concerne le budget, hors avion... avec cbien peut on vivre simplement la bas par jour. J'ai lu 15e, je ne sais pas si c'est tjr le cas.
Bonjour,
Déjç tu as de la chance de partir 3 mois!!!! J'ai visité le rajasthan et agra en aout 2012 en sac à dos, avec trains et bus. Sur 21 jours de vacances nous n'avons eu que 3,5 jours de pluie, à plusieurs reprises ce n'était que des demi journées ou alors de grosses averses avec des temps de "calme".J'avais lu qu'au moins d'aout c'était pluie non stop et au final il n'a quasiment pas eu de pluie, par contre quand il pleut c'est de la grosse pluie avec des inondations dans les rues et les gens qui traversent les rues avec de l'eau jusqu'aux genoux (dont toi) ! lol Tous nos trajets ont été fait en bus et trains! les trajets sont parfois extrêmement longs : 6h de bus et 21h de train : mais ca vaut le détour pour plusieurs raisons : 1:moins cher que le taxi; 2:c'est la vie locale, indienne, leur quotidien; 3:ça vaut le détour! Les bus sont très inconfortables et sur 6h de trajet il n'y a eu qu'un arrêt pour les wc et pour un autre de 4h30 j'ai du supplier le chauffeur pour qu'il s’arrête 5mn! lol La sécurité est correcte, nous n'avons eu aucun problème de vol mais j'avoue que nous gardions nos sacs avec nous! le train, en fonction de la classe que tu prends, est plus confortable que le bus mais le charme n'est pas le même(paysages, population, les vendeurs etc.) ! Compare la durée des trajets entre le bus et le train, il arrive souvent que le bus aille plus vite que le train pour certains trajets (le train roule à 50km/h, pas plus)!!!! Essaie aussi de réserver tes trains en avance en fonction de la classe où tu veux être et prévoit des photocopies de ton passeport avec ton visa pour chaque réservation de train: c'est obligatoire le touriste doit en fournir un à chaque fois! Ne soyez pas choqués mais dans les gares, au moment des réservations c'est chacun pour soi: les indiens vous doublent pour prendre leur billet avant vous sans aucune gêne! Dans le train ou bus n'accepte aucun aliment ou boisson offert par un individu (c'est des indiens qui nous l'on recommandé sur place). Si tu as des questions je suis dispo!
Bon voyage et profitez en bien!
Déjç tu as de la chance de partir 3 mois!!!! J'ai visité le rajasthan et agra en aout 2012 en sac à dos, avec trains et bus. Sur 21 jours de vacances nous n'avons eu que 3,5 jours de pluie, à plusieurs reprises ce n'était que des demi journées ou alors de grosses averses avec des temps de "calme".J'avais lu qu'au moins d'aout c'était pluie non stop et au final il n'a quasiment pas eu de pluie, par contre quand il pleut c'est de la grosse pluie avec des inondations dans les rues et les gens qui traversent les rues avec de l'eau jusqu'aux genoux (dont toi) ! lol Tous nos trajets ont été fait en bus et trains! les trajets sont parfois extrêmement longs : 6h de bus et 21h de train : mais ca vaut le détour pour plusieurs raisons : 1:moins cher que le taxi; 2:c'est la vie locale, indienne, leur quotidien; 3:ça vaut le détour! Les bus sont très inconfortables et sur 6h de trajet il n'y a eu qu'un arrêt pour les wc et pour un autre de 4h30 j'ai du supplier le chauffeur pour qu'il s’arrête 5mn! lol La sécurité est correcte, nous n'avons eu aucun problème de vol mais j'avoue que nous gardions nos sacs avec nous! le train, en fonction de la classe que tu prends, est plus confortable que le bus mais le charme n'est pas le même(paysages, population, les vendeurs etc.) ! Compare la durée des trajets entre le bus et le train, il arrive souvent que le bus aille plus vite que le train pour certains trajets (le train roule à 50km/h, pas plus)!!!! Essaie aussi de réserver tes trains en avance en fonction de la classe où tu veux être et prévoit des photocopies de ton passeport avec ton visa pour chaque réservation de train: c'est obligatoire le touriste doit en fournir un à chaque fois! Ne soyez pas choqués mais dans les gares, au moment des réservations c'est chacun pour soi: les indiens vous doublent pour prendre leur billet avant vous sans aucune gêne! Dans le train ou bus n'accepte aucun aliment ou boisson offert par un individu (c'est des indiens qui nous l'on recommandé sur place). Si tu as des questions je suis dispo!
Bon voyage et profitez en bien!
foxkhouky,
J'ai maintenant quelques argument de + pour mes amis : le temps qui n'est pas si traumatisant que ca durant cette période, et la sécurité.
Pour le train, je pense que j'opterai pour cette solution! Long, mais + intéressant
Apres qq recherches, je pense que je m'attarderai sur le rajasthan : Udaipur, jodhpur, Jaipur. si tu as des endroits que tu as particulièrement aimé n'hesite pas.
En tout cas merci pour ta réponse!
La météo, au sud ça va aller. Il y aura quelques grosses averse, mais c'est pas froid, le soleil reviens de suite, ça donne un ciel splendide et un paysage bien vert, j'adore !
Le train au-dela de 20 heures , oublie ... tu seras crevée et tu ne profiteras pas ni de tes compagnons de voyage ni des jours qui suivront. Le bus, je veux dire bus de ligne, plein à craquer ou tu es une fois sur 2 debout, c'est sympa mais dans la limite de 3 ou 4h ! de toute façon en Inde il y partout des choses à voir , pourquoi faire de longs trajets ? prévois plus de haltes. si tu dois te déplacer d'une ville à une autre sans halte prends un bus de nuit direct y en a de climatisés et d'autres pas, ça permet d'arriver reposé, gagner du temps et économiser l'hotel ! Les classes en train, la nuit en général je prends 2A, le jour pas d'importance, de toute façon tu y rencontrera toujours des indiens, pas les même, mais découvrir un pays c'est aussi découvrir la diversité sociale !
N'essaie pas de faire les 3 mois à la "dure", tu tiendras pas c'est avec la fatigue qu'on est plus facilement malade. y pas de mal a s'accorder un peu plus de confort de temps en temps !
Si tu veux des conseils pour des endroits sympa, donne un peu plus d'infos sur ton trajet.
Brigitte
En ce qui concerne le temps voici l'adresse d'un site qui fait un bref résume du climat que l'on peut rencontrer en Inde :
http://www.indiamike.com/india-images/pictures/india-climate-chart.
Malheureusement, personne, si longtemps à l'avance, ne peut prévoir le temps que l'on rencontrera en Inde lors de ton départ. Moi, je ne peux te parler que par des on-dit, comme je ne suis pas sur place en cette période. Mais l'intensité de la mousson change d'une année à l'autre. Pour avoir plus d'infos, tu peux aller sur le site de la météo en inde : http://www.imd.gov.in/
Enfin pour te faire une idée de ce que tu peux voir en Inde, voici l'adresse d'un autre site : http://ganapati.free.fr/voyage/liste.html
Quand tu auras une idée de ce que tu voudras voir en Inde, regarde dans un guide papier et revient sur ce site pour poser tes dernières questions.
Alain
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