J'ai dans l'idée de partir seule dans le sud de l'Inde pour Avril-Mai 2008. J'aimerais bien avoir des témoignages et conseils quant à la somme à investir (je pense à 2000 euros pour 1 à 2 mois), si je dois préparer un tant soit peu mon arrivée et mes logements, bref sur toutes choses que je ne peux même pas imaginer.. Lâchez-vous car je lirai toute info! Merci pour vos réponses!
salut,
2000 euros ça me parais un peu juste, je serai plutôt à 2500 euros, en routard, mais tout dépend des déplacements que tu veux faire, à ce titre le sud de l'Inde est assez pratique les distances sont courtes et tu peux solloner assn problème le Tamil Nadu et le Kerala.
Coucou, je te souhaite un excellent voyage
Moi perso je trouve que 2000 euros pour 2 mois c'est largement suffisant l'année derniere on a prevu 1000 euros par mois pour 4 et on a eu largement sans jamais se priver en envoyant 4 colis de 20 kilos (dont une tente de 4 metres de diametres)
J'ai rencontré une famille de 4 qui prevoyer 500 euros par mois .
Il y a 6 ans (sans enfant donc un peu plus roots)on prevoyait 300 euros (soit 2000 frans ) par mois et par personne et on acheter plein de cadeaux car la tentation est trop grande, je trouve que ca n'a pas trop augmenter en plus l'euro est plus fort que le franc.En revanche c'est vrai qu'on a toujours partager les piaules a 2;mais bon il ya encore des piaules chez l'habitant a la campagne a 1euro la nuit soit 50 roupies et dans les guest house à 80 roupies pour 1 personne peut etre meme moins.
Apres ca depend de ton standing et si tu bouges souvent, c'est vrai que quand tu restes sur place tu depense moins et trouves les meilleurs plans pour dormir et manger, puis le train ca va vite (500 Roupies par ci par la)
Ne te fais pas de bile, tu vas rencontrer des voyageurs qui ont 150 euros par mois et la vie est tellement belle la bas.
BON VOYAGE, HARE OM
PS si tu as encore du temps et que tu n'as pas depense ton argent rallonge ton billet pour qq mois de plus, et c'est la fete!!!
Merci bcp pour ta réponse. Effectivement, je pense qu'avec 2000 euros, l'aventure commence. Bien sûr, j'inclus dans cette somme mon billet d'avion. Je suis juste un peu "stressée" car ce serait mon premier voyage seule et je ne sais pas trop jusqu'à quel point je me dois de prévoir celui-ci. Bien que je fasse confiance en ce qui arrive, je me demande si juste l'achat d'un billet est suffisant. A plus!
coucou,
un billet d'avion, une carte bleue, qq culottes (anecdote: un jour un rat a mangé mes 3 culottes, ils adorent le savon et j'ai galéré pour trouver des culottes de bonnes qualité)une trousse a pharmacie (personellement elle est naturelle:charbon activé, extrait de pepins de pamplemousse, extrait de propolis et tout le reste tu pourras le trouver sur place homeopathie, ayurveda, allopathie...ils ont des supers remedes naturels ou pas )
Pour eviter les dechets car c'est un gros probleme en inde, cette année on a pris des couches lavables pour notre petit alors pour les femmes je trouve pas mal de faire la meme chose, il existe un tampon lavable dans les boutique bio et meme des serviettes sinon je connais qqq'un qui avait decoupé une serviette de bain, perso je trouve que c'est une bonne idée;
Sinon tout le reste tu peux le trouver sur place, moi les fringues je les achete des que j'arrive sauf peut etre pour un bon pull, et puis je m'achete une bonne sacoche qu je porte pres du corps sur laquelle je rajoute une fermeture eclair dans laquelle je laisse tous mes papiers et mon argent .
Quand j'arrive je tire au distributeur 10OOO roupies pour le mois(ou moins ou plus), j'ai parcontre un billet de qq euros pour changer tout de suite en arrivant a l'aeroport (au fait a delhi il faut sortir direct pour prendre un taxi et non pas aller au bureau des prepayes c'est plus cher)
Tu trouveras un hotel a n'importe quelle heure ce n'est pas la peine de reserver .
Apres je ne peux pas trop te conseiller car je suis toujours allée en Inde avec mon copain qui est assez imposant donc jamais aucun pb sauf peut etre qq indiens dans les gares un peu lourds avec les regards.Tout ce que je sais c'est qu'il faut que tu soit prudente mais pas parano de toute facon tu vas vite etre en confiance les indiens sont tres serviables et pas arnaqueurs (mon experience personnelle), c'est pendant les transports que tu dois faire le plus gaffe à toi et à ton argent mais il n'ya aucune raison que ca n'aille pas surtout si tu es positive et en plus tu risques de rencontrer des compagnes et des compagnons de voyage;
J'espere que je ne suis pas trop lourde avec mes conseils mais maintenant je pars avec 2 bouts de choux donc je prevois pas mal, mes amies quand elle partent elles pensent billet d'avion et carte bleue et c'est parti!!
profite bien
bonsoir!
2000 euros pour 1-2 mois billet inclus me semble très faisable...nous partons pour 6 mois et nous avons calculer 1000 euros pour 4 personnes par mois(sans billets) alors pas de stress et bon voyage!
salut, 2000 euros pour 2 mois c'est ok.. mais bon si tu inclus le billet d'avion... hum... sinon tu arrives à la période la plus chaude de l'année et franchement pour une première expérience c'est un peu lourd.. c'est intenable et en plus voyager par cette chaleur.. les mois les plus favorable de novembre à mars.. après.. plus possible.. et à partir de juin..
je te donne mon avis.. ça me fait un peu peur..
Bon voyage.
sylvie
Et pour les déchets voir sur le site des moon cups.. tu connais ?
"Le voyageur doit frapper à toutes les portes avant de parvenir à la sienne."
Je reviens d'un séjour au Kérala avec une petite incursion au Tamil Nadu. Je suis restée 3 semaines en voyageant seule .moyens de transport: bus, train et j'ai loué 2 fois des ambassador. Si je peux te renseigner ce sera bien volontiers.
Hello!!
Je vais moi aussi aller dans l'Inde du Sud et ce de Fin avril à début mai. J'ai prévu de visiter le Kerala (1 semaine), puis Goa (1 semaine) et enfin Bombay (2 jours, je pense que c'est suffisant).
Je serai également seule. C'est donc avec une certaine appréhension que j'organise ce petit voyage. Mais en même tps ça fait environ 2 mois que je suis en Inde, de fait de mes études ici et dans environ une semaine je vais vraiment visiter l'Inde. Par conséquent, je suis preneuse de quelques bons conseils et si jamais des personnes veulent partager ce petit voyage en ma compagnie, ce serait avec grand plaisir.
J'espère qu'il y aura de nombreuses réponses sur ce qu'il y a à voir (je fuis de préférence les endroits très touristiques) et si des personnes veulent bien m'accompagner.
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- est ce que yandex fonctionne partout? meme dans les villages?
je cherche :
- adresses de guest houses sympa dans le nord (parc national) et le sud dont le village de ararat ,
et un hotel simple mais propre a erevan pratique pour ensuite aller gares routières
- vos bons tuyaux et conseils
en fait j'ai un peu peur d'être obligée de me cantonner aux sites touristiques , sans voiture . qu'en pensez vous?
merci de votre aide
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I’d love to hear more opinions on this, especially regarding the Orkhon Valley.
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-> Tsetserleg to Kharkhorin route:
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-> The Eight Lakes: Could you share your experience with the Eight Lakes? Did you easily find a guide directly on site? Were you able to share this experience with other travelers?
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-> How did you experience it? Do you have any specific tips or recommendations?
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Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Take care and happy travels.
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