For an off-the-beaten-track way to see India, try a Ganges river cruise with Uniworld. Photo / Uniworld River Cruises
Visiting India for the first time can feel frenetic, which is why a river cruise is the best way to find respite amidst the madness, writes Stephanie Holmes
Being driven through the streets of Kolkata while jetlagged is akin to watching a particularly frenetic movie on double speed with the volume turned up loud. Take every mental image you have of a big Indian city, then exaggerate it, multiply it and amplify it – it’s all here.
Incessant honking of horns from all sides – motorbikes, cars, buses, trucks, tuktuks, even your own driver. Buses painted in shades of bright blue, red and yellow with stencil lettering on their rear: “respect the traffic rules”, “blow horn”, “safe drive, save life”. Weaving in and out of the bumper-to-bumper traffic are tricycles with flatbed trailers, bicycles, pedestrians and packs of skinny, scruffy street dogs. On the…
