My first travel was when I was 18 . For some reason I decided to go to India on the way to Scotland for my brothers wedding 6 months later. I was cashed up because I had been working seismic in the west aussie deserts. It was an eye opener for me I smoked a lot of hashish back then so had a pretty laid back lifestyle. Saw a lot of India. It's a huge place I've got no desire to ever re visit India whatsoever
But one thing the Indian experience taught me is keep an open mind and if you see a cobra and and an Indian on the footpath at the same time ..kill the Indian first. Just joking but seriously India is not a place to go to relax. The hashish helps though