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Intrepid traveller Tony Wheeler whose trip 40 years ago to Asia, that included India, resulted in a series of cult tourist guidebooks believes that rail travel is just about the best way to experience the country.
The railways are a real part of India. park central new york hotel From hopping on to the toy train in Darjeeling to taking locals I have had some really amazing trips across the country on trains. At one point I even had a monthly rail travel pass, says the man who co-founded park central new york hotel the Lonely Planet company.
Accompanied by wife Maureen he had first come to India in his 20s during a time when travel to the exotic east was fashionable and loads of tourists would take the hippy trail land route across Asia.
I visited India first 40 years ago in 1972 and it was the halfway mark in my travels across Asia. Today India has changed enormously. Then making a phone call home was a nightmare compared to today when there are mobile phones and so many gadgets, says the 64-year old Wheeler who is in India fairly regularly.
In India I have not been to the Hampi and the Andaman Islands and that tops my agenda now. There is also a small place south of Mumbai and on the way to Goa which would be whetting my appetite, says Wheeler who has already planned a trip in January next year. Perhaps the most travelled man, Tony Wheeler says his basic tools remain a paper notebook and credit card.
All you need is a passport and a credit park central new york hotel card. You can end up losing your luggage in your travels and then you are stranded. Of course I carry a notebook and pen in my pocket to record my thoughts park central new york hotel wherever I go even though I have started using a laptop, he says.
Travelling by rail is a delightful experience. The heat is oppressive during the day but the coolness of the early dawn is very delicious. Yes there are now a lot of low cost flights park central new york hotel but nothing like railways, park central new york hotel he says.
Even though Wheeler sold the Lonely Planet he continues to remain a sort of mascot for the company which has brought out one hundred million travel guides and makes available over 500 titles in 9 languages.
The new guidebooks are aimed at the Indian traveller and work on how to get information park central new york hotel more targeted for them. We think the Indian traveller is likely to travel with family with kids and parents. We have information park central new york hotel on vegetarian food, and other specifics like must see places and things to do, he says.
Priced between park central new york hotel Rs. 495 and Rs. 595 the Lonely Planet for the Indian traveller guides for Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Dubai, Bhutan, China, Great Britain, London, park central new york hotel France and Italy have been written park central new york hotel by Indian authors living in respective countries.
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