Diamond Hotel Varanasi
Bhelupur Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221001, India
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Pushkar, Special Lassi City
Pushkar is one of the most relaxed cities I've been to. One reason is that it's set up around a holy lake and most of the people here are religious. Another is that special lassis and tea are on the menu at every restaurant we've been to and in our hotel's menu. Our second morning in Pushkar, we went out on a walk and had breakfast at the Funky …
Thank you Dr Upadhyay
This afternoon we met Hari's brother in Varanasi. He invited us to his house, which confused`the autorickshaw driver when we asked him to take us to an address rather than a tourist attraction. Once we found the apartment we were treated to lovely tea with snacks and sweets. We then had a tour of Banaras Hindu University and its temple followed by …
Paint wars
The days in Jaipur filled with dodging moving vehicles and searching through an endless assortment of textiles spilling out of wholesale warehouses began to wear on me. So I put the textile buying aside, bid farewell to my Indian and Russian friends, and took off for Pushkar. This small town tucked into a valley of parched desert hills surrounds a …
A dream realised
So here we are..In Varanasi.. We have been here one full day and it really is an eye opener..
Mixed feelings really...
The hotel is Ok - again nothing fantastic - but ok with very friendly monkeys. Very well situated for the Ghats and close to Assi Ghat.
We got up at 10.00am (well I did) Jiff was reday to go at eight (she …
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Yoga, lunar eclipse and travel to Mumbai
... pop up and then get eaten by birds. And they WASH in this water! The Ganges is believed to have been formed by water coming out of Shiva’s (God of destruction) head so it is a holy river. Carrying a hell of a lot of disease and bacteria that I don’t think my tetanus shot will quite protect me from!! But hey, lunar eclipse was pretty cool I’ll just leave the river bathing to the locals.
Varanasi has been my favourite location so far I love the old city with ...


