delhi jaipur et agra delhi se font facil en train
preferez le train car c'est pas evident de prendre le bus a delhi attention reserver le plus tot possible et utiliser au besoin le mot magik "tat call" prononcé "tatte cale" un surbooking sauvage qui se paye mais peux liberer des places !!! et que j'ai decouvert grace a des norvegiens ...
si quelqu un a plus d'explication sur cette pratique je suis preneur
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bonjour
oui oui oui !!! si vous restez peu de temps l'ideal c'est bien sur la voiture avec chauffeur ... pas de souci de transport avec les rick"show" (hihihihi)
serieux je prefere faire 3 km a pied que de me prendre la tete avec eux (voir meme 5 km !!!)
et puis surtout la voiture chauffeur va vous faire gagner un precieux temps ... pas forcement dans les trajets car il faut savoir que les chauffeurs roulent tres tres doucement ... et jamais de nuit les bus vont plus vite (parfois trop vite !!) sauf quand ils s' arrêtent partout of course. mais surtout les villes en inde sont geantes ... la gare de bus souvent loin du centre ou de la gare de train ... bref vraiment epuisant !!!!
et puis acheter son billet releve de la quete d'une vrai zenitude !!! il faut parfois escalader 10 indiens en assomer 5, elargir les epaules, "piquer" l'argent de ceux qui le jette au guichetier ... je pense qu'il faudrait faire une these sur l'achat de billet de transport en inde hihihihihihihi tout ca pour etre assis a coté d'eux sans avoir bousculé tout le monde ... mais meme cela ils n'arrivent pas (ou ne veullent pas !!!) le comprendre !!!!
sans compter que les bus sont souvent mais alors souvent plein de chez plein !!!!
il n'y a qu'au taj qu'ils font la queue a coup de baton !!!
bref c'est du sport mais ce ne serait pas l'inde vous risquez donc de passer a coté de tout plein de truc mais bon il faut gerer son temps
ca depend aussi de votre parcours car delhi jaipur et agra delhi se font facil en train (preferez le train car c'est pas evident de prendre le bus a delhi attention reserver le plu tot possible et utiliser au besoin le mot magik "tat call" prononcé "tatte cale" un surbooking sauvage qui se paye et peux liberer des places !!!) que j'ai decouvert grace a des norvegiens ...
(si quelqu un a plus d'explication sur cette pratique je suis preneur )
de meme pour jaipur agra ca se fait tres facil en bus et pour l'arriver a agra on arrive a la station de bus pres de la gare agra cantonnement
ily a des guichets rick prepaid pour agra taj ... attention si vous negocier avec un rick velo il vous dira 10 km et surtout le prix sera pour l''entree du parc ... on est a 1/2 km du taj mais surtout a 1/2 km des hotels !!! bien negocier donc le plus simple etant de vous faire deposer par un rick velo pres d'un hotel du lonely
les distances ... il ne faut pas raisonner en distance mais en vitesse !!! et compter dans le meilleur des cas une moyenne de 30 km heure pas plus
cela s'ameliore entre jaipur et agra avec la construction de l'autoroute mais qui est loin d'etre fini c'est donc assez bouchonné !!!
deshnok je l'ai fait en decembre ... quoi dire ... j'avais deja vu jaisalmer donc j'ai opté pour bikaner cette fois si ... ben y a pas foto aller a jaisalmer
pluto ke bikaner si vous avez peu de temps ... le temple des rats est une experience c'est trop trop rigolot de les voir par centaine (vraiment !!) de les voir par 10 a boire du lait dans une assiette ... l'entrée du temple interieur en lui meme est pas trop autorisé pour les non hindou je crois me souvenir qu on m a demandé de ressortir mais bon ils sont cool c'est une visite qui dure 30 minutes grand maximun just pour voir des rats ... il allait juste pour cela ne se justifie pas a mon sens et rien de palpitant a bikaner
par contre nawalgar est une ville (au dessus de jaipur) qui m'a laisser un fabuleux souvenir j'y suis resté 3 jours ... gens adorables plutot petit village de campagne et des facades, des pti palais, des couleurs ... whaouuuu
un stop a baratpur entre jaipur et agra ... pas grand interet et sinon je me suis "enfuie" de mathura sans meme voir la river envie de resauter dans un train pour delhi vite fait ( a ce propros j'ai du vraiment batailler (bla bla bla ) pour ne pas payer d'amende pour mon billet qui ne prevoyait pas (c'est vrai !!!) de stop a mathura !!! sont vraiment trop c'est indiens hihihih mon voisin de couloir (pres des toilettes !!!) lui indien n'avait pas de billet ... ben il a payé une amende !!!)
j'adore ce pays hihihihihihi
de jaipur il faut pousser juska puskar ... vraiment !!! hihihihihi
Salut,
ca se prononce à l'anglaise ????
En clair, c'est un backshish pour que l'agent en face libere une place !!
Je ne connais pas mais si c'est ca, merci pour l'info. On part en Septembre, nous connaisons deja l'Inde mais c'est toujours bon a prendre.
damien
Les infos et commentaires que nous donnons proviennent d'experiences persos. Ils ne sont pas a suivre aveuglement, toutes experiences peuvent etre differentes et libre a chacun de les prendre en compte ou non ....
whouiiii enfin en phonetique ca se dit "tat" et "kal" et pas "tat call" de to call / appeller hihihihihi
nan nan pas vraiment un back chiche hihihihihi
car c'est tres tres officiel ... plutot une surtax a payer pour des places peut etre en "sur reservation" ou reservé aux militaires, ministres et autres ...
(euh je ne mets rien dans pti ... mais c'est l'inde !!!)
bref ca fonctionne en tout cas
sinon ne pas hesiter nan plus a se mettre en liste d'attente ... on peut suivre l'evolution sur internet si si !!! ca devient hyper moderne l'inde
y a meme des bornes dans certaine gare pour visualiser sa resa ...
attention les places en liste d'attente ne sont affichées que quelque heure avant le depart ... pas evident a gerer donc !!!
Hello,
Le Tat Kal, c'est bien, il suffit de s'adresser aux guichets pour touristes.
Cela vaut la peine aussi de demander la Tourist Emergency Quote. Ce sont des sieges reserves pour les etrangers qui ne peuvent pas comme les indiens reserver leurs places des mois a l'avance.
Sinon je fais souvent comme ceci: j'achete un ticket simple et je monte dans les voitures AC pour y demander le up-grade. Il n'y as pas d'amende a' payer a condition d'avoir son ticket simple.
Les voitures AC (air-co) ressemblent a' des congelateurs mais sont tres confortables. Moins de bruits et de poussiere.
Ciao,
w
Le tatkal n'a rien d'un backshish, ni du surbooking sauvage...
C'est un mode de réservation spécial, ouvert à tous (indiens comme touristes). Un certain nombre de places dans chaque train est reservé pour être mis en vente 7 jours avant le départ, ce avec un supplément de 150 roupies.
Rien de magique, mais très très pratique quand on s'y prend au dernier moment !
Après, vous pouvez trouver des agences qui réservent des tickets à l'avance, ou qui connaissent du monde... etc. J'ai payé un extra de 200/- pour obtenir des billets normalement plus disponibles, et sans passer par le tatkal.
Une autre solution pour des billets épuisés consistent à enregistrer la station de départ un peu plus haut sur la ligne. Avec le système de quotas, il est possible que vous ayez plus de chances ... (idem avec la station d'arrivée, à prendre un peu plus loin).
Pour l'upgrade de tickets, pensez à vous présenter au contrôleur avant que ce ne soit lui qui vienne vers vous... sinon c'est l'amende.
* le système taktal ne fonctionne pas pour tous les trains et le trajet doit être de la gare d'origine du train à la gare de destination finale
il est possible de renseigner une gare d'embarquement et d'arrivée autre que la gare d'origine du train (voir point suivant)
* en suite de : Une autre solution pour des billets épuisés consistent à enregistrer la station de départ un peu plus haut sur la ligne. Avec le système de quotas, il est possible que vous ayez plus de chances ... (idem avec la station d'arrivée, à prendre un peu plus loin).
le formulaire de réservation prévoit cette opportunité: remplir sur le formulaire de réservation les plages:
'boarding at' et/ou 'reservation upto'
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