Off The Beaten Path Asia Ideas
 

Hello. My wife and I leave for India in 2 weeks. We have been traveling around the world for 22 months now, and Asia is the final part of our 2.5 year journey. We're looking for any advice that anyone is willing to offer us on Asia. We continuously scour forums for ideas. We don't particularly like big cities and enjoy non-touristy, off-the-beaten path places.

Since we're constantly on the move, we don't always have internet time to revisit all of these forums. If you have any ideas for us, could you please post them on our facebook.com/HappyToBeHomeless page?

We can always offer you advice as well, and we have tons of photos and blogs of our world travels at www.HappyToBeHomeless.com . Thanks in advance!

You're welcome to read my TR for my last visit to India:

http://www.fodors.com/community/asia...an-sojourn.cfm

I do not use FB. I have no intention of using FB.

I'd recommend Sikkim, a place where you can see Tibetan Buddhism in practice as well as incredible mountain views.
http://www.fodors.com/community/asia...p-to-india.cfm

We visited Assam a few years ago and it would be good in combination with Sikkum which Kathie mentioned above.
We're heading to Bangladesh which is very much off the beaten track. On other trips I loved Calcutta and rural Rajasthan (around Bundi and Bassi in particular). Friends of ours had a great time in Gujarat which doesn't see many visitors overall.

Have a look at Kumaon, one of the most beautiful hilly parts of India. And views of the Himalayas are just marvelous. Binsar wildlife sanctuary is a good place to start with, the villages are very authentic(Gaunap for example).

Futher in India, I would suggest Palitana , Patan, Modhera in Gujarat, then the Konkan coast in Maharashtra, the coast in KArnataka too is great and way less touristy. Mandu and Orchha in Madhya Pradesh too are good places.