It's an interesting debate and one that will continue for as long as there are different sensor sizes.
My take.....
All my digital cameras are APS-C. I mainly shoot with the compact KP which I really enjoy, a pleasure to have with me, over my shoulder all day.
As others here are I'm sure, I was a member of a very active camera club with approx. 60 members shooting all sorts of cameras from 4/3, APS-C, FF? and medium format. Looking at hundreds, probably thousands of images both printed at A3 and projected with a high quality high definition projector my take away was, as long as the author had captured an image well and processed the image with skill and knowledge never ever, ever could you tell what size sensor was used to capture the image, it just was never a deciding factor it what where the best images and what were the also rans. Far more important was the skill of the photographer, the light, the scene captured, the mood, the very essence of the image are far, far more important factors.
Now, I'm not denying that there are in certain circumstances technical image quality advantages to using larger sensor sizes in cameras. What I am saying is within most normal photography your unlikely to hit that buffer where the larger sensor would have saved an image or made it significantly better when viewed within normal parameters.
Me, I'm very happy staying smaller and lighter with great image quality, that for me is APS-C.
PS. Lens choice and settings make a bigger difference

Mega!

The full colour image for me. In the colour image there is a good visual balance between sculpture and catalogue. In the colour pop image the emphasis shifts away from the sculpture to the catalogue, too much so for my taste.

And an example of an image where I tipped

I did take my KP and a couple of zooms to India. I was on a tour of the "Golden Triangle" so did not go to Chennai.
I photographed in the street, at the sights, on my own and with the group and experienced no problems. I think that as long as you apply common sense as to where you go, as you would in any country you should be fine. It might be worth having a good quantity of change with you if photographing people in the street as a little thank you if you have asked to photograph someone.

Enjoy your trip

I've also started having issues with the focus on my 16-85mm. It's fine at the widest end of the zoom but cannot quite get itself to the final focus if using the zoom, it requires a tiny bit of manual focus. My first copy never had any issue until I broke it. It's a very frustrating issue on a lens I use a lot, I think I'll have to send it for repair, or look for a good second hand copy

Both are lovely but, it's the second shot that really dings my dong! Just one thing, it might be my eyes but, is the horizon on the second image slightly on lean?

A delightful set of impressionist images. Great stuff!

Any fairly modern camera should do the trick I would think. If printing big I'd go for the 36 mega pixel K1 II. or in APS-c the K3 III. For the fine detail and general rendering it comes down to the lens choice, and of course the skill of the photographer in lighting and setting up the shots and the camera settings. A good photographer will make even the basic camera kit shine, someone who doesn't know what they are doing can spend a fortune on the kit and only get poor/average images.

You're a very naughty boy! Amazing photographs, stunning! I'm glad you have shared them with us.