Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelHotel Alka Varanasi
We were warned...
Every time we mentioned our interest in visiting this holy city to Indian people, they said: "Why do foreigners want to go to Varanas, that is a DIRTY, DIRTY city!". Despite all of the warnings this is a place that shouldn't be missed and we were literally right next door, so we headed there after our "swim less" visit to Allahabad. We got quite …
Varanasi 1st Day
I got to Varanasi today at 16:00 (now 9:20 PM). The flight was ok, but got late by about an hour. I managed to get a flight both ways to Delhi for about $140 which is pretty cheap. The minus is that it stops in Kajuraho on the way. This is also a very famous site which will have to see next time. It has one of the oldest temples in the world with …
Dead bodies, cricket, and dirty heat
how intense is varanasi? indiscribable but i'll try. i thought delhi was bad for locals trying to do anything to get your money. food, silk scarves, drugs, taxis, flutes, clothing, spices, you name they want you to have it.
so what do you do in varanasi? boat rides down the ganges, seeing the burning ghats , and watching cricket on the …
Varanasty
After our visit to the incomparable Taj Mahal our next visit was to the holiest Hindu site in India, Varanasi.
Our story of Varanasi can be split into two, the good and the bad.
Lets start with the good…Varanasi is a fascinating town on the banks of the river Ganges. According to the legend one of the Hindu goddesses was …
The city of life - Benares (Varanasi)
27.12.10
A long, long train journey, 18 hours, to Varanasi! It wasn’t actually that bad as we had the aisle beds so it was just the two of us in our section. Although across the aisle where 6 beds were, it was a hive of activity with loads of people coming and going. Some little girls found me fascinating and kept coming up and saying …


