In Jaipur, you must visit the City Palace, Wind Palace and the Amber Fort. Those are both the highlights of Jaipur. There’s a really cool ancient astrology complex right across the street from the City Palace complex, it’s very interesting.

Do you already have a place to stay in Jaipur? I would recommend the Jas Vilas, run by Mr. and Mrs. Singh and very nice.

It’s too bad you don’t have time to stop by Udaipur for a couple of days, the most charming place I’ve been in all of India.

have fun!

Agra-Taj Mahal
Jaipur-Pink Palace
Goa-The beaches
Mumbai-Marine Drive
Delhi-Delhi

Enjoy!

i agree with the astronomy place in jaipur
go there for sure and the monkey temple too
the fort is scary…we dubbed it: torture fort as they were jabbing the poor elephants behind their ears with these horrible daggers…we left right away
find a quiet less.busy beach in goa…some of them are really overrun by tourists…ugh
riding the backward rickshaws in jaipur can be a lot of fun
we stayed at the ‘evergreen hotel’ there and it was great and had a huge garden and pool and restaurant with great food(6 years ago though) with great little jewellery shops all around…and they actually had hot showers which many other places didn’t at the time…even though they claimed to
have fun!

In Delhi, don’t forget to visit Connaught Place.
In Jaipur, Pink Palace and in Agra – Taj Mahal.

Hey, Jenbee, that’s a whirlwind trip!

Agra – of course the Taj Mahal. We hired a guide and learned some cool things we wouldn’t have found out otherwise. We thought it was cheesy that after the Taj, he took us to a rug factory and a stone inlaying shop – he was clearly going to get a cut if we got hooked into buying. But it was well worthwhile – the vendors were agressive, but it was all REALLY interesting.

Goa… is Goa… it’s all pretty cool. Great beaches where we stayed, at the White Sands Radisson near Varca City. SWANK hotel worth the splurge for a couple days, but there are certainly better deals.

Mumbai – Marine drive, blah, not that big a deal if you’re short on time. But go to the Taj Hotel area and see the Gateway of India. If the weather’s good, hop on a ferry to Elefanta Island. Behind the Taj hotel, on the Colaba causeway, tons of vendors along the sidewalk have cool cheap stuff for sale. Haggle madly! There’s a store called Cottage Industries that has good prices (non haggle) on all sorts of good stuff… leather, silk, tea, brass, stone, everything. COOLEST THING IN MUMBAI - go to Sanjay Ghandi National Park, a little outside the city. A mountain pocked with temples carved right into the rock of the mountain (I think 109 in all!) Monkeys all over the place. A creek with waterfalls. VERY cool place. Have fun!

PS: here are some pix of some of these places: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregor_y/sets/288713/

I think you should go to Varanasi (Beneras). There’s nothing more amazing than a super early canoe ride down the Ganges. Really, you’ll see images never to be forgotten. As for giving things to kids, give them real food. When you are starving, that’s what counts. Any money earned will probably just be taken away from them at the end of the day.
Have fun!!!

I’d say your best bet is getting a guide book and seeing what sounds interesting to you. Good luck and have fun!

Hi,

You should visit “Gateway of India” in Mumbai. A visit to South Mumbai (Flora fountain, Nariman point, Marine Drive, Victoria Terminus, etc) is a must do.

In Jaipur I recommend “Palace of the Winds”.

Of course, the “Taj Mahal” is a must see when you visit Agra.

You can take a North Goa as well as South Goa tour once you reach Goa. The tours wil take a day each.That will cover all the tourist attractions and beaches for you.

Hope this info helps. Have a great trip!!

Don’t forget to try the local cuisine everywhere – you’ll experience the most exotic variety of flavours along your route of travel.

Most places you’re visiting are hot tourist spots – so be careful. However, in some forts across Rajasthan it may be interesting to hire a guide (after u’ve practiced ur bargaining skills). Stuff you’d typically not find in a guide book – for example – how the dwellers kept cool during blazing hot summers? The fort (think the one in Udaipur) was equipped with some sort of natural air-conditioning.

Take a walk along Juhu Beach in Mumbai. Enjoy, and be prepared to expect just about anything, and you won’t get a culture-shock.