Speaking of India, it is definitely the most memorable country in my journeys over the years.
Why do you say so, because India I have been to india twice, the first time was in 2014, stayed in India for 3 months, just three months of paper signing, the second time was the Spring Festival of 2018, that is, at the beginning of this year, the electronic signature, can only stay for 2 months. I dare not say that I know 100% about India, because after all, I have only walked to the regular large tourist cities, and even went to the Indian-controlled Kashmir region, a total of 5 months in India, there are still a lot of feelings, a lot of aftertaste.
When I went in 2014, my first impression was that in addition to the dirty ground, it was these Indian men who bathed in the morning that gave me a great visual shock. Didn't you get the information before that India is dirty, and Indians are dirty too? But what we saw shocked us.
The above three photos were taken on the streets of India in 2018, and indian men who still saw Indian men bathing in the early morning were still naked and wrapped in a flower cloth on their upper bodies, still bathing with public taps. I compared the photos, and I felt that some streets were paved with floor tiles, some faucets were replaced with new ones, and municipal facilities were much better.
In 2014, there were many rickshaws and taxis on the streets of India, especially the tricycle business was surprisingly good, because the price was cheap, 10 rupees (one yuan) can take one or two stations, almost within 3 kilometers are OK. Indians are very strange, they have a very strange custom, think that going out as a guest or where to shop and play, walking with their feet seems to be very faceless, not decent, so most Indians choose to take a rickshaw, and rickshaw drivers are almost the lowest people.
And in the streets of India in 2018, there are still many human tricycles, and the business is still good, but these tricycles have some quiet changes, almost all of them have replaced the seat cushions with soft ones, and also used the color pleasing ceiling and seat cushions to dress up the whole tricycle very joyfully, and these drivers now know that wearing clean will better attract business, but the price has not changed, and the increase is really not large.
The picture above is the new market on Sade Street in Kolkata in 2014, and the picture below is the new market in 2018, which can be described as a huge change. In the past, the new market had narrow roads and shorter commercial streets, but now the new market has not only raised many high-rise buildings, the number of shops has doubled several times, the number of advertising light boxes has increased countless times, and the flow of people is more, often blocked. Explain what? It shows that India is developing, and it is developing very fast, and it is incredibly fast.
By the way, there are also many express hotels and one or two high-end hotels in Sade Street, Kolkata, but the price of this hotel room has soared, before an ordinary hotel only needed 100 yuan, now how to need more than 300 yuan, I can't believe that this is in India, India, India, a tourist country known for its low consumption and ancient culture.
After saying that, let's talk about eating. In the past, the streets of India were full of sweet teas, desserts and curry soybeans, mostly for tourist stalls.
And now in India, the number of street stall snacks has decreased a lot, more is the emergence of restaurants with shops, and even more, some slightly high-end restaurants to attract customers, hung up food photos at the door, it looks good, in 2014 this street restaurant is one less, the second is almost no advertising, after 4 years of change is still quite a lot.
Of course, the construction of those tourist attractions has also accelerated the pace, such as painting all the ancient palaces, such as the Amber Palace and the Blue City, etc. After being painted, the castle is no longer ancient, and the Blue City is no longer blue, which makes people really laugh. It will also arrange measures such as scenic spots that were not managed by the people before, such as the ladder wells, and arrange measures such as the police to stay there, which ensures the safety of tourists to a greater extent.
With the rapid passage of time, India's development is also changing rapidly, in a few years, many places in India have undergone earth-shaking changes, including the ancient Ganges, but for tourists from all over the world, the purpose of traveling to India is different, but in the end it is a point, to explore the ancient and mysterious of India, and those who can not finish the strange stories of three days and three nights.