Vijayawada Travel Answers

Hi - you should dress conservatively - no shorts/short skirts, or low cut tops. Capris/short sleeve tops are fine. In the hot weather, cotton is more comfortable. You can buy inexpensive Indian wear such as salwar kameez at markets and those are comfortable as well. Sandals are fine, but in the rainy season, clothes shoes are better. Enjoy!

Hi - I assumed (hopefully correctly) that you were female. :-) If not, don't worry about the short skirts/low-cut tops. The rest would still apply. :-)

Oh sorry! If not female, skip the salwar kameez as well!

I wish we'd get an edit button here!! :-))

Your question is rather vague, but based on its brevity, I can relate that I travelled across India many times, wearing only jeans or corduroy trousers and a cotton long-sleeve shirt, the sleeves could be rolled up, if the climate became too oppressively hot, which it frequently did. I also wore an ex-army tropical jacket, purchased from Army Surplus stores in Glasgow, when wandering around and exploring in the evenings, it had lots of button-down pockets, which were always useful for securing any small souvenirs I bought in the Bazaars, and also for carrying the all-important torch, In India, blackouts/power failures were commonplace, and a cue for thieves to go to work! Because my hair was thinning a bit on top, I also had to wear a beret from time to time, for protection from sunstroke, something which can catch out the inexperienced traveller.

If you take a look through my travel pages, you can see my standard daily attire in a photo with two young students, who invited me to their school sports day.

If you have never been to India before, you will discover an experience which will remain memorable to you for the rest of your life.

It did for me........

Benny.

Hi! Benny!

The sunflower look good, the Sun Trekker looks even better!

South India is hot being nearer the Tropic of Cancer. So stick to cottons. T-Shirts or half sleeve shirts (we call them bush shirt!) are comfortable. Regular cotton trousers (not courdroys as too thick and, therefore, hot) or half pants (shorts) are just fine. For formal occasions, since a suit is out of the question owing to the heat and the humidity, men wear 'safar' suits. This means a trouser and a bush shirt made of the same material. How this apparel got its name remains a mystery to me!!!

vijayawada is always hot, so wear cotton clothes

In India, I noticed the regular fashion attire was "Saris" for women, a combination of a top and cotton long skirt, revealing an exposed midrift for cooling, and very sensuous it looked too!......... The men wore mostly the "Dhoti", a combination of cotton shirt and lightweight trousers, usually white in colour, which soiled easily in the dusty streets,  I  sometimes overheard the remark in streets and Bazzars  " Acha, my Dhotee is dirtee", which always made me suppress a laugh!

Never one to be a slave to convention or sartorial fashion,  I just dressed in my old travelling clothes and desert boots, I found this photo, taken in Malaysia, also in the hot humid tropics, of my daily appearance.  Resembling something similar to a tramp was never any impediment to my "social  calendar"  I was often invited to private homes, and in this photo, a school sports day event.

 Benny.

Cotton