India

With its sumptuous mix of traditions, beliefs, festivals, architecture and landscapes, the memories of India will accompany the traveler for a long time. Letting go is the best way to keep your sanity intact when touring the chaotic canvas that is India. With the ease of the country to evoke, exasperate, excite and confuse at the same time, you always have to be prepared for the unexpected. It can be challenging, especially for the first time: despite so many wonders, poverty is challenging, bureaucracy can be frustrating, and crowds turn the simplest task into a grueling epic. Whether loved or hated -and most visitors seem to fluctuate between the two- whoever understands the unpredictability of India will have understood its soul.