Need a sleeping bag?
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Need a sleeping bag?
I'm about to go to a wedding in New Delhi and then Rajastan/Golden Triangle for about 20 days. My friend who I'm traveling with is already there and tells me to bring a sleeping bag. (we will be taking a lot of trains). Do I really need to take up this much room in my suitcase or it is a necessity?
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If you are going to be on a lot of overnight trains and are not booked into sleepers, than it would be a good idea. If you don't want to take up room, you might bring a sheet or a "sleeper sheet" (a sheet sewn up like a sleeping bag, you can buy them at travel stores.) You might want a blanket as you will be there in winter and nights could be cool even on trains. Conversely, a nylon sleeping bag shoudl be able to be folded into a very small square. Check travel stores or the lonelyplanet.com website.
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Agree with Cicerone. It depends on what class carriage you will be travelling. Overnight, the temperatures can really drop and some kind of sheet/blanket is essential in the lower class carriages. If you can afford to travel in the air-con classes then adequate bedding is provided.
If you are boarding a train in the late evening/night, make sure you get you look around for the attendents as I found a couple of times that they slip off for a snooze if it's quiet!
Probably the best thing to do would be to go out there without and if you feel you need one, buy it out there - it would be a lot cheaper and you could give it away when you leave.
If you are boarding a train in the late evening/night, make sure you get you look around for the attendents as I found a couple of times that they slip off for a snooze if it's quiet!
Probably the best thing to do would be to go out there without and if you feel you need one, buy it out there - it would be a lot cheaper and you could give it away when you leave.
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You can get really small down sleeping bags these days...they smoosh up into the size of a shoe box. The less expensive ones are not rated for freezing weather, but are more than adequate for trains.
In addition to warmth-- and privacy --while sleeping, you can use them as a pillow or even a big shawl!
In addition to warmth-- and privacy --while sleeping, you can use them as a pillow or even a big shawl!