India advice - entering the country with tools, test meters etc and customs officials

[edexlab]

Evening gents
I've a short term job in mid May in Bangalore should only be a few weeks

And I'm looking for advice from people who have worked in India
Innoculations , medical, malaria ,food issues and insurance etc all in hand

Any general advice would be very welcome

I'm particularly concerned about
issues like entering the country with tools, test meters etc and customs officials who I've heard are as corrupt as any politician and worse!, either trying to confiscate items they think are worth paying a backhanderbackh for

And any other scams anyone has encountered

 

[Pete999]

What did you do there Pete?

I'm looking forward to this trip but got to say I don't think I'd be interested in going to Pakistan nowadays!!!

Worked in the BHC

 

[Hellmooth]

What is it you're doing edexlab out of curiosity?

 

[edexlab]

Company I work for makes specialist equipment for the casting industry most clients are aerospace,
So we build, machines and systems here in uk and then usual install onsite

 

[mikhan]

very nice people always call you Sir,Nice weather if you get a chance to visit in Feb,March or Oct,Nov.
they don't know what is H&S at work? & never use PPE, always use wrong tools to get the job done.
Pete might have visited Murree very close to Islamabad ,Northern area very beautiful

 

[Pete999]

very nice people always call you Sir,Nice weather if you get a chance to visit in Feb,March or Oct,Nov.
they don't know what is H&S at work? & never use PPE, always use wrong tools to get the job done.
Pete might have visited Murree very close to Islamabad ,Northern area very beautiful

Yep went to the Murree hills once or twice good beer up there. Never could fathom why beer was allowed there though.

 

[edexlab]

H&S I know what to expect having been to China and Egypt, the US and Germany weren't as hot on it as I thought they'd be....
Going in 4 weeks so it'll be pretty warm where I'm going , looking forward to it!

I'm quite an attractive bloke! ...

For mozzies!...

Not looking forward to being eaten alive !
So I'm going to do the sensible thing there!

 

[Pete999]

H&S I know what to expect having been to China and Egypt, the US and Germany weren't as hot on it as I thought they'd be....
Going in 4 weeks so it'll be pretty warm where I'm going , looking forward to it!

I'm quite an attractive bloke! ...

For mozzies!...

Not looking forward to being eaten alive !
So I'm going to do the sensible thing there!

Don't forget Imodium and some sort of electrolyte

 

[edexlab]

Yes plenty of that too!

Did you come across any miracle cures for delhi belly while you were there?
A lot of people reccomend probiotics ...

some Indian friends said eat lots of natural yoghurt too so currently overdosing on the stuff now lol

 

[Pete999]

Yes plenty of that too!

Did you come across any miracle cures for delhi belly while you were there?
A lot of people reccomend probiotics ...

some Indian friends said eat lots of natural yoghurt too so currently overdosing on the stuff now lol

Yes natural yogurt, but if you watch what you eat and drink, you should be OK, don't under any circumstances drink the tea from the tea boys, made with condensed milk and God only knows where the water is from. I got the sheets on one trip, must have went to the bog all day, couldn't go out of the Hotel, wnet to the BHC club when I could walk again without clenching the bum cheeks together had some Brandy worked wonder, had a bit of a headache in the morning though, still no more sheets

 

[edexlab]

I remember having cramps for 5 days in Egypt luckily I could hold everything else in until I got back to the hotel , I decided the hotel restaurant evening meals were the problem ,
As soon as I stopped eating there never had another issue!

 

[Pete999]

Got the shyites in Tehran, mind you that was nothing to do with anything I ate, one scary place that is, especially if they think you are an American

 

[edexlab]

Yes not as popular as they think they are the Americans!

Been quizzed a few times by people thinking we're from the US

 

[Mike Johnson]

I was in Tehran during the reign of Shar Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, very civilised it was too, was the change for the better?

 

[Pete999]

I was in Tehran during the reign of Shar Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, very civilised it was too, was the change for the better?

No don't think so, I went there a total of 7 times post revolution.

 

[Mike Johnson]

I only went once post revolution and vowed never to go back, the change was so drastic it was upsetting to see so many wonderful heritage monuments and buildings destroyed, it was all the administration could do to save the Shahyad/Azadi Tower which I worked on.