Eat, Pray, Love your way through this awe-inspiring country! We don't judge. Backpacking India is both easy and inexpensive. Student hostels are located in all the major cities, but you’ll have to leave luxuries like hot water pressure and air conditioning at home in exchange for miraculous sites (and some of the best people-watching on the planet). The vast subcontinent has everything from desert safaris to the beaches of Goa to the Himalayan Mountains. Whether you yearn to see the the Taj Mahal or to sleep in the city of Bollywood, India is a backpacker's BFF with dozens of cheap places to travel