Preparing to Travel

Culture Shock

These are a few of the books that  we have read to get ready for our trip.

The first group pictured includes three "culture shock" type books plus one book that promotes places and activities so expensive that culture shock is not an issue.  Another great book (not pictured) is Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure by Sarah Macdonald.


The second group pictured are the two best guide books we found.  We are taking an electronic copy of Frommer's India with us as well as a copy of DK's Delhi, Agra & Jaipur.

Guides

The third group pictured are excellent books covering packing and safety.


The fourth group pictured include Hindu language lessons and vocabulary. We are taking along with us Hindi in Three Months and the Hindi & Urdu Phrasebook.

Packing and Safety

The most valuable book to us, the one we used most, was DK's Delhi, Agra & Jaipur.  We carried it into sites we visited. We used Frommer's India as a second source for deciding what to visit. We used the Hindi & Urdu Phrasebook only when shopping for spices.  We did not even open Hindi in Three Months (we had studied it before leaving the US).

Hindi Language