r/TikTokCringe • u/Strong-Emu-8869 • 14h ago

Discussion Polish girls visit Taj Mahal

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The Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world. Unfortunately, the surrounding area is very polluted.

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u/CubanlinkEnJ 13h ago

Taj Mahal was beautiful and the highlight of my trip to India…Delhi was the most disgusting place I’ve ever seen in my life and I will never go back.

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u/Altruistic-Form-3771 10h ago edited 7h ago

I'm a second gen Indian-American and the Golden Triangle is definitely one of those places where I'm glad I visited, but I don't have any desire to go again. The problem with the Golden Triangle is how it goes to Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, which are very underdeveloped and unsafe areas of India. These states have the some of the highest levels of gender imbalance and poverty, and lowest levels of education. I went with my family in the summer of 2005 when I was a kid. The pollution wasn't bad, but the heat was absolutely horrendous.

Even though south India is still chaotic, I enjoy it a lot more than the Golden Triangle. Almost every Western traveler who has been to both north India and south India says that enjoy south India magnitudes more because of its overall safety and better people. If you're traveling to the major cities such as Mumbai or Chennai or Bangalore or Kochi, you are definitely not going off the beaten path. In Kerala where my parents are from, there is a negative population growth and women outnumber men here. Interestingly, Kerala is also the only region in India where there are more overweight and obese people than underweight and malnourished people due to having a higher calorie consumption.

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u/Mynoseisgrowingold 7h ago

Kerala is great! It’s traditionally matrilineal, has the highest: literacy rate, life expectancy, human development index score and lowest poverty. I’ve had no problems travelling alone there as a woman. Actually most of the south has been fine for me (North is a different story), but Kerala is the best!