I live in India and the only affordable mechanical keyboard is the TVS-e Gold Bharat with Cherry MX Blues, which is what I have now.
My brother who lives in Germany first introduced me to mechs (he has a Das Keyboard Professional model with MX Browns, I think). Since then I haven't looked back.
I have cajoled my brother into ordering me a used IBM Model M (1391403 - German Layout) since the shipping from US is very expensive and there are not many ebay US sellers who ship to India either. I may get it when he visits here sometime this summer.