India is remarkable, and has records and infrastructures to boast about. Home to the world’s most beautiful marble structure, the Taj Mahal, to the desert forts of Jaisalmer, backwaters of Kerala, the country has potential to overwhelm first-time visitors in the best possible way. While many leave in awe of the food, the history, the vibrant colours, there is chaos that somehow works.
So, if you go through travel forums, Reddit threads, read newspapers, or just a casual conversation, you would notice something else too, which include a handful of frustrations that foreign tourists often hesitate to say out loud. This is not because they don’t like India, but because they’re also trying to make sense of a place that runs on different rhythms.
Here are five things some foreign travellers secretly struggle with while exploring India.