Inde du Sud en juin: mousson?
by Aymili
This discussion is in French, the community’s main language.
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Bonjour à toutes et à tous !
Merci à toutes celles et tous ceux qui passionné(e)s de voyages prennent le temps de lire et répondre à nos messages !!!
Je souhaite partir en Inde du Sud les deux premières semaines de juin.
Mais on me dit que c'est la pire période pour y aller (mousson...). Mais quand je regarde sur le net, ils disent que c'est bien après la mousson en Inde du sud et qu'en juin, cela reste correct...
Je ne sais pas trop quoi croire donc je préfère l'avis de ceux qui connaissent vraiment l'Inde et qui y ont déjà été...
Cela fait 6 mois que j'économise pour offrir ce voyage à mes parents et je ne voudrai pas qu'on y aille pour avoir sans cesse de la pluie et profiter de rien.
Que pensez-vous donc de cette période ?
Dans l'idée, je ferai un circuit Madras-Mahabalipuram-Pondichéry-Tanjore-Trichy-Madurai-Periyar-Cochin-Trivandrum... tout cela en voiture et je prendrai le trai pour refaire Trivandrum-Madras (qu'en pensez-vous de ce trajet en train) ?
Bref, tous vos conseils sont les bienvenus !!!
Je souhaite surtout savoir si cela vaut le coup de partir à cette période avant de réserver et payer...
Merci de vos réponses...
Bonne semaine à tout le monde
Emilie
Train : je connais le Allepey express qui fait Allepey <--> Madras. C'est un train "normal" donc très bien pour l'Inde. Il y a sûrement un train similaire entre Trivandrum et Madras. A confirmer sur le site des Indian railways.
Question climat, voici le site que je donne toujours pour s'en faire une idée (regarder les températures, la hauteur de pluies et le nombre de jours de pluies) : http://www.meteofrance.com/FR/climat/clim_inde.jsp#
Tu constateras qu'au mois de juin c'est le déluge au Kerala et qu'au Tamil nadu c'est "chaleur et poussière". En conséquence, tu fais bien de commencer par le T-N. La clim sera nécessaire, les lunettes de soleil et le chapeau aussi. Il fera très chaud. Quand tu arriveras au Kerala, ce sera la douche perpétuelle - rafraîchissante au début, mais assez vite ennuyeuse car pas moyen de mettre le nez dehors sans être trempé de la tête au pied --> mais c'est une expérience.
La limite entre ces deux climats apparemment anta-gonistes = le sommet de la chaîne de montagnes des westerns ghats qui arrêtent tus les nuages venus de l'ouest. A la pointe sud, je ne sais pas car au sud de Trivandrum jusqu'à Kanyakumari, les montagnes s'affaissent progressivement : le partage des nuages doit donc être assez aléatoire.
Si tu veux un peu de fraîcheur et un peu moins de trombes d'eau, vas du côté de Bangalore/Mysore.
Ton itinéraire me plaît. Si tu as un peu de temps, fais un crochet par Kanyakumari (Cap Comorin). Ca vaut vraiment la peine. Quand tu prendras le train pour Madras depuis le Kerala, prends une marge de sécurité question timing, because la mousson retarde souvent les trains (voire les empêche de passer) - sur ce trajet les risques sont limités, mais on ne sait jamais.
Tu constateras qu'au mois de juin c'est le déluge au Kerala et qu'au Tamil nadu c'est "chaleur et poussière". En conséquence, tu fais bien de commencer par le T-N. La clim sera nécessaire, les lunettes de soleil et le chapeau aussi. Il fera très chaud. Quand tu arriveras au Kerala, ce sera la douche perpétuelle - rafraîchissante au début, mais assez vite ennuyeuse car pas moyen de mettre le nez dehors sans être trempé de la tête au pied --> mais c'est une expérience.
La limite entre ces deux climats apparemment anta-gonistes = le sommet de la chaîne de montagnes des westerns ghats qui arrêtent tus les nuages venus de l'ouest. A la pointe sud, je ne sais pas car au sud de Trivandrum jusqu'à Kanyakumari, les montagnes s'affaissent progressivement : le partage des nuages doit donc être assez aléatoire.
Si tu veux un peu de fraîcheur et un peu moins de trombes d'eau, vas du côté de Bangalore/Mysore.
Ton itinéraire me plaît. Si tu as un peu de temps, fais un crochet par Kanyakumari (Cap Comorin). Ca vaut vraiment la peine. Quand tu prendras le train pour Madras depuis le Kerala, prends une marge de sécurité question timing, because la mousson retarde souvent les trains (voire les empêche de passer) - sur ce trajet les risques sont limités, mais on ne sait jamais.
Bonjour,
j'aurais à peu près le même trajet, sans trivandrum et avec Munnar à la place de Periyar. Et j'ai le choix (cornélien) entre les 3 1eres semaines de juillet, ou les 3 dernières d'aout... que faire, sachant que ce n'est pas optimal aux deux périodes ? Au regard des infos météo france... je ne sais vraiment pas ! Qu'est ce qui serait le "moins pire" ?
merci !
j'aurais à peu près le même trajet, sans trivandrum et avec Munnar à la place de Periyar. Et j'ai le choix (cornélien) entre les 3 1eres semaines de juillet, ou les 3 dernières d'aout... que faire, sachant que ce n'est pas optimal aux deux périodes ? Au regard des infos météo france... je ne sais vraiment pas ! Qu'est ce qui serait le "moins pire" ?
merci !
Sans hésiter les 3 dernières semaines d'août. Il commencera à pleuvoir (un peu) au Tamil Nadu en particulier sur la côte (donc ce sera moins "heat and dust") et au Kerala la mousson commencera vraiment à s'assagir.
Attention pour les transports en commun (en particulier les trains, peut-être les avions) pour se rendre au Kerala fin août. Les résa sont très difficiles car tous les mayalees rentrent dans leurs familles pour Onam.
Même fin août dans les montagnes côté Kerala (Munnar) il pleuvra encore beaucoup et l'horizon sera bouché par nuages et mist (passer par Munnar pour voir les montagnes sous la mousson c'est une bonne expérience, pour y séjourner longtemps pas terrible).
De plus fin août au Kerala, dans les backwaters tu pourras assister à de magnifiques courses ou processions en pirogues (celles de Allepey, les Nehru trophy boat races se déroulent le 2ème samedi d'août donc elles seront passées, mais il y en a d'autres, moins connues et moins grandioses peut-être mais aussi intéressantes), et puis il y aura les fêtes de l'Onam (à la fois familiales, commerciales, religieuses, etc.).
aaah tu confirmes mes intentions premières... il faut juste que mon gentil patron accepte mes congés !
Je voudrais faire une boucle en partant de madras jusqu'à Cochin et revenir sur Madras en train de nuit. faut il confirmer longtemps à l'avance ? est ce que ça craint pour une fille seule ?
merci !
Non, "ça ne craint pas" pour une fille seule, du moins pas plus qu'en France. Evidemment, mais c'est vrai aussi pour les hommes, et même si au Kerala l'ambiance est encore plus safe qu'ailleurs, il ne faut pas tenter le diable (exemple : on passe une chaîne sur ses valises/sacs à dos dans le train).
Réserver à l'avance, de quoi parles-tu ? Si c'est du train, à ta place je ferais ma réservation par internet environ un mois à l'avance. C'est possible (je l'ai fait à plusieurs reprises cette année, mais il y a un "truc" pour payer avec la carte bleue). http://www.irctc.co.in/
Réserver à l'avance, de quoi parles-tu ? Si c'est du train, à ta place je ferais ma réservation par internet environ un mois à l'avance. C'est possible (je l'ai fait à plusieurs reprises cette année, mais il y a un "truc" pour payer avec la carte bleue). http://www.irctc.co.in/
Bonjour,
Je suis allée sur le site dont vous parliez et en effet je ne vois pas comment payer puisque il ne semble pas possible de le faire avec une carte française, quel est votre "truc" pour payer par carte bleue?
Merci
Stéphane
Je suis allée sur le site dont vous parliez et en effet je ne vois pas comment payer puisque il ne semble pas possible de le faire avec une carte française, quel est votre "truc" pour payer par carte bleue?
Merci
Stéphane
Stéphane ERVIEL
En ce moment le site est indisponible, donc je ne peux pas retrouver l'info avec précision. Quand on en est à l'étape de paiement avec carte bleue VISA, le site propose toute une série de cartes et de banques, apparemment toutes indiennes... sauf une à droite sur l'écran qui fonctionne avec les CB VISA internationales émises par les banques françaises ou autres (j'y suis arrivé en faisant plusieurs essais, mais c'était il y a deux mois).
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