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Varanasi Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Varanasi, India
Divergent views
This is a top pick! ... shut. I had been warned by the Lonely Planet that Varanasi was the biggest assault on the senses that you would have in India and Varanasi did not disappoint. After an hour I was desperate to escape back to the hotel, the kids and the pool. ...
The Mangy Ganges
This is a top pick! ... only been on it half an hour! I might have different thought about it tomorrow! 19th Feb: The train trip from Agra to Varanasi was quite enjoyable! I say enjoyable, I mean tolerable! I say tolerable, I mean I would rather stick rusty pins in my eyes ...
Mother Ganga
This is a top pick! ... before turning out the light looked up to see a random cat in my room! I yelped and woke up my roomie- ha! I have loved loved loved loved loved Varanasi. I'l be a lttle sad to check out tomorrow, cats, cows, stiff dingy towels, smooth operators and ...
On the banks of the Ganga
This is a top pick! As with most cities in India, we arrived in Varanasi at approximately 5 in the morning. A delicate negotiation with the rickshaw drivers ensued (What ya gunna do whitey...wait here in the freezing cold until the sun rises?) and we were driven off ...
More dirt and squalor but India still at its best
This is a top pick! I was a bit harsh with my initial impression of Varanasi, as much the cause of the rubbish and squalor of the place as the general chaos and disorganisation of India which does get frustrating. So we returned in the late afternoon with some trepidation as ...
Our first train ride
This is a top pick! ... be fun, festive, and fantastic, right? So here's the scoop on one of the not so good days in India: We took an overnight train ride from Agra to Varanasi. The train station in Agra was chaotic and smelly-like urine and poo, but what else is new? ...
Varanasi Heat
This is a top pick! ... nice but weird since there aren't any Indian Buddhists around and all you see are Tibetan and East Asian influences. Varanasi is a very magical place and we missed out since we didn't really indulge in it given the circumstances...but we ...
thought of the day...
This is a top pick! ... 're not in an air-conditioned vehicle; and unfortunately, we have not been in an air-conditioned vehicle throughout our stay in India. I've developed this dry cough that I've had for several days now. Originally, I thought it was a lingering affect from ...
Bring out your dead
This is a top pick! 
When i arrived at varanasi i caught a cycle ...
This is a top pick! ... Indians living here. Varanasi (the eternal City) is one of the most important Hindu pilgrimage sites in India, for over 2,000 years the Hindus believe that Varanasi is the closest gateway to heaven when you die, with the body burnings going on 24 ...
Hello all! today i am in varanasi but on ...
This is a top pick! Hello All! Today I am in Varanasi, but on Monday I had a whole day in Johdpur - birthplace of trackie bottoms with the wee straps to keep your sannies on. I left Jaisalmer with the Belgian couple and their travel-harmonium on the Jaisalmer-Johdpur ...
a City of Death
This is a top pick! ... men and donkeys were allowed to enter. However, these streets had a lot more people and motorcycles, making them impenetrable. Varanasi was a "lovely" town of death. At some of the Ghats (river-side areas of worship), especially at Manikarnika, ...
Thar she Blow's.....
This is a top pick! ... , blew the hell out of everything, chucked it down with rain and then left, just adding a little more to general nuttiness of Varanasi. Dinner with more classical Indian music and back to pick up our bags, check out at nine thirty and head off. ...
17Hrs llllllllaaaaaaaaatttttttttttteeeeeeeeerrrrrr
This is a top pick! ... not a lot else it was nice to just chill and the time went quickly. Train is by far the nicest way to travel. We arrived at Varanasi, Wo could it be any more chaotic! found a room tried to get some dinner told the cycle rickshaw where we wanted to go he ...
Something we didn't fully expect..
This is a top pick! ... use too! Took a walk along the river and we were surprised how clean it was (something we don't associate with India anymore!) Almost felt like walking down the sea front at home, very quiet around midday. Came to the part where they ...
India - the final frontier!
... see children playing splashing around with each other and others fishing. And yet you can see the river is disgustingly septic. Varanasi is seriously intense, the streets are crammed with people, cows, rickshaws, dogs & rubbish. We were getting used ...
Varanasi
... to be the done thing in Varanasi! Unfortunately I didn't find the people of Varanasi particularly pleasant. Having spent nearly 3 weeks in India now, my patience is certainly being tested. I am trying to understand that things are ...
Sab Kuch Milega
... to Varanasi' which was lovely but we felt like we could collapse so perhaps were not so friendly back! Varanasi is the heart of Hinduism in India, a very holy place - most people have tika (ink on their foreheads) from praying and there are big ...
The city of Life
... their buffaloes, improving their karma by giving to beggars and simply hang around. Indeed spiritually enlightening and very photogenic..i love Varanasi! Keep on walking along the Ghats we got to the famous Manikarnika Ghat, the main 24 hours ...
Monkeys
... the only country in the world where you can find lions AND tigers AND bears: oh my! sorry Anyway, today we are going to leave Varanasi, where we have spent a whopping 4 days. It feels like home. Since my last post we have got more into the swing of ...
Large scale wierdness...
... ghat, lots of corpse burning there, then hung out on the roof of the hotel for the evening. My only full day in Varanasi was spent preparing for the border crossing (find transport, get photos, acquire dollars...). The day after that I set out early ...
Varanasi
I took a 2.5 hour bus ride to New Jalpaiguri railway station and then a 15.5 hour overnight sleeper train to ...
Varanasi, la ciudad de la madre Ganga!
... velocidad íbamos y cuanto faltaba para llegar; éramos los primeros de la cola para bajar jejeje. Al llegar a Varanasi (ex Benares) nos encontramos con otro chofer que nos estaba esperando para llevarnos al Guest House. Ahí dormimos un ...
Amazing Varanasi
... to safe drinking water levels of 500. But for the locals its nothing. The boat trip was nice. I realized how much i liked Varanasi though. It' such an interesting place, that the ghats are full of activity, people revolving their lives around the Ganges, ...
Oldest of Old, Holiest of Holy
... there is bad then a guest house full of sick people generally sets alarm bells ringing. Another common scam in Varanasi involves purposefully pinioning tourists in restaurants and ferrying them to a local clinic where the doctors can claim huge sums ...
Holi Cows
... him I thought and having no real aim, I decided to follow him. Receiving an unwarranted introductory guided tour to Varanasi was eye opening and interesting and the bloke showing me around was friendly and helpful and didn't try to disguise the ...
Varanasi
... straight forward, after leaving the city, though we weren't on major roads. We drove up to the Ganges, further down from Varanasi, before continuing over it, onto a road which on the map was marked in yellow - signifying poorer condition. It was quite a ...