Survival Tip #1 - Indian Style!

For those of you who would like to take the plunge and backpack through India like us! Here is a tip that Lata and I would like to share to make life easier on the road!!

How to cross the road....doesn't sound hard but trust us this is a critical part of getting around insanely busy streets, which have no street lights, traffic is moving in all directions with cars, rishshaws, motorcycles, bicycles, trucks, buses, dogs, cows and people!

There have been many times that we thought our lives were in jeopardy!! Last year I was in Jodhpur and wanted to go to a famous ice cream shop! I had read and heard so much about it and I could see it but i never got there :( why??? it was across the street!! i didn't know how to cross the street and missed out on all the yummy treats. That's why we are writing this tip, to help those of you that might one day be in the same situation...

Here we go...Crossing the Street in India

Always, always, always find people that are crossing the street. this is not difficult in india due to the 1 billion people that live here! there are people on every corner, just wait a couple of minutes and they will show up..no fear of ever being alone :)

• spot that person or preferably a group of people..not foreigners! this is soooooooooo important! otherwise they might get you killed!!! i'm not kidding!
• so now you have spotted your unsuspecting indian guide.
• stand so close that they wonder who the hell you are!
• imitate their every move..i'm not kidding (again)
• they take a step, you step, they run, you run, they stop, you stop..please always imitate every move!

please be willing to give up all of your independence! we are trying to save your life!

we will be providing more survival tips in the upcoming weeks..stay tuned..lata & neeta