🎒 Backpacking Across India: Flexible Routes & Travel Tips

India is a dream destination for backpackers — offering rich cultural experiences, diverse landscapes, budget-friendly travel, and endless adventure. This topic is dedicated to those who prefer flexible, open-ended journeys rather than fixed itineraries.

Explore and discuss:

• 🧭 Popular backpacking routes across North, South, and Northeast India

• 🚉 Tips for using trains, buses, and local transport efficiently

• 🛌 Affordable accommodation: hostels, guesthouses, couchsurfing

• 🍛 Where to eat cheap, local, and safe street food

• 💰 Budgeting strategies and estimated daily costs

• 🌐 Staying connected: SIM cards, Wi-Fi, and useful travel apps

• 🤝 Meeting other travelers and joining group experiences

Whether you're planning a month-long solo trip or a gap year across Asia with India as a core stop — share your routes, advice, questions, and tips here.