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Varanasi Slideshow
Varanasi
Travel Blogs from Varanasi, India
Den hellige by
Det foerste glimt af Varanasi fik vi fra toget da vi krydsede Ganges. Byen er det mest hellige sted i Indien og hvis man bliver braendt her ryger man direkte til Nirvana. Derfor kommer mange indere her for at doe eller braende deres doede paarorende. ...
Postvesen-bestikkelser og likbrenning
... kom til å være et problem under oppholdet, og plass var allerede reservert. Jeg hadde derfor tre tilmålte dager å bruke i Varanasi. Tilbake til innpåslitne mennesker. Rundt tredve rickshawsjåfører sloss om min gunst da jeg kom ut fra kontorer, og ...
Varanasi, India's Holy City
... We walked along the Ghats to the main burning ghat, Manikarnika Ghat, where they perform most of the Hindu cremations in Varanasi, expecting just to quickly walk past without disturbing anyone. It wasn't long before we were befriended by a "burning ...
Sarnath
I'm still in Varanasi and had some time to kill before I catch the train. I just returned from Sarnath where Buddha preached his first sermon after enlightenment. There was a musem and garden there. The musem had ...
Kashi . . .the city, not the breakfast food.
I traveled to Varanasi alone last weekend. It was probably my favorite trip yet. I don't know if this is because i was solo, or because of the place itself, but i'll bet it was a combination of all of them. Still not a lot of time, so i'll explain ...
Vara-dirty... Vara-Holy.
... Okay, so there are different types of travellers in India. There are those who are searching for something in India and are deeply moved and affected by Varanasi, and there are those who are visiting India but not searching in there - maybe they're done ...
Varanasi - City of Cows
... -by shootings so common on election days. We all decided perhaps we should stay in our rooms the following day. Varanasi was pretty much what you expect India to be, only more. It's dirtier, smellier and smoggier than you can imagine, and there really ...
A very different place
... the worst traffic and most horrible roads I've seen within an Indian city, etc. Now I have to say that although I didn't care for Varanasi, it was definitely other-worldly and an amazing experience. I certainly will not forget the place! Enjoy! ...
Varanasi
... ;didn't feel bothered by it which i had expected to be when i had thought about this prospect on the way to Varanasi. India is weird because when you actually think about what you are seeing or relaying it to someone else it seems awful sometimes, ...
it isn't easy being sacred
varanasi... is there any city that encapsulates the paradox of india better? everyone you meet seems ready to help, the tricky part is trying to decipher who is trying to somehow squeeze out a few rupees and who genuinely wants to help. ...
Kashi Viswanath
... sickness abound. I have been humbled to say the least at how I live my life. This is the first place I have connected with Mother India with immense compassion and to be honest-fear. The story is not to be told publicly. I feel like I have shaken the hand ...
Sat around then did some drinking
... . The fact that I did not feel the need to was not lost on me, and at noonish I made the decision that I finally had to leave Varanasi. On one hand, I had some good friends here and was enjoying life on a day to day basis. On the other, I was pretty much ...
Varanasi - "oczyszczajaca kapiel"
... chowaliśmy go w bardzo łatwo dostępne miejsce w plecaku, a ponadto w lp w pierwszym zdaniu dot transportu do Varanasi ostrzegają przed kradzieżami w pociągach (ale oczywiście tego nie doczytaliśmy). Update: Fotki ...
Cruising the Ganges in Varanasi
... his hotel room the whole time we were there, apart from breakfast on the first day. Damn. Anyway, now we have arrived in Varanasi. I managed to catch a particularly nasty chest infection on the train ride up (34 hours!) and by the time we got here was ...
City of God
... to peruse the travel guide to figure out which hotel we wanted to stay at this for our two nights in Varanasi. Normally I prefer hostels to hotels, but in India the standards of up-keep are much different than in the rest of the world, so we opted for ...
Update from Varanasi
... , Indian Railways style, of course) for Varanasi by train. The journey took 8 hours in stead of 6 for 232kms... Arriving in Varanasi, however, was like coming home! I can't explain the feeling that I had, of absolute chaos and sense, of the perplexing ...
You don't get cows in Macys
... stayed in bed for a day. That makes three in all (Bob, Sarah and Shirley); all of who needed medical attention here in Varanasi. David is pretty sick, too, but carrying on. I think I have done a good job of staying mentally rested. ...
Mother Ganga
... nearly as much as I thought that I would. Yet somehow it remains vivid in my mind as this amazing place. So here's why... Although Varanasi is one of the most crowded, dirtiest, most torn up places that I've seen in all of India, the city itself has ...
Eventually A Proposal
... interesting visit to the Muslim silk producing area as well as to Sarnarth where Buddha first preached his message of the Middle Way. Varanasi is also a famous pilgrimage site for hindus who come to visit and bathe in the holy (and filthy) River Ganges. ...
Slowly down the Ganges Continued
... place and a better re-birth is hoped for), we've even seen the odd Indian dolphin! We're now in Varanasi, which is where the Ganges unusually twists North for a short while. Hindus will often come here to die as it is believed ...
Varanasi
A 14 hour sleeper train ride to Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. My 3rd visit to one of my most favorite cities in ...
INDIA - DELHI, RAJASTHAN, AND UTTAR PRADESH...
... , back east just south of Delhi and all the way to the city of Varanasi. Considered to be one of the holiest places in India, Varanasi sits on the sacred River Ganges. Hindus come to bathe in the waters of the Ganges, a ritual that washes away all ...
Hospital no fun but thankful for the care
... and a second bed for a visitor. The floors have been cleaned twice with a strong smelling cleaner, which is pretty good for India. The undersized garbage has been emptied several times, and the bathroom has been cleaned. Simon has the bed with the tray ...
Intolerate the Intolerable
... calls everyone he despises "fuckheads," and there are a lot of them in Varanasi. He tells us he's one of the few foreigners in Varanasi who live here year-round. The others go up to the mountains during summer. "It's intolerable," he says. So what do you ...
Varanasi
... , og saa folk bade og solopgangen... vandet er utrolig ulaekkert, hvilket jo er forstaaetligt, naar alt affald bliver kastet derned, plus dode mennesker etc. taenk at de bader og vasker toj her!!! Imorgen forlader vi Varanasi for at tage til ...
Varanasi Amazed Me
... and done such a reckless thing than the fact that he’d capped the guy who killed his sibling. Although a court in Varanasi had deemed it “justifiable homicide”, he was now awaiting a new trial set to take place in the provincial ...
Planes, Trains and Auto....delays
... dust is rolling everywhere. There is a much larger Muslim population compared to the Hindu-dominated south. I’m in Varanasi now. I arrived yesterday morning after spending the night on the train. The train was delayed leaving out ...
The Paradox That Is India
... prestigious University, and where people come to die. It is one of the holiest places in India. In Varanasi, the Ganges River (called the Ganga by Indians) spreads her enormous banks wide and becomes placid, peaceful and ...
namoro com a India
... lado a lado. Lojinhas minusculas vendendo das comidas mais variadas ate as bugingangas menos necessarias. Falando em bugingangas, ali, em Varanasi, passa o Ganga, o Rio Sagrado dos Hindus. Eh bem verdade que o Rio passa em muitos outros lugares, ja que ...