Jyoti Hotel Varanasi

Opp: Saraswati Cinema, Luxa Road Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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The stunnung Taj and chaotic Varanassi

A travel blog entry by heinz82

... a week as it seemed we were more a day care centre then what had been advertised. Besides that kids were lovely if not ***********trol as there was no teacher to translate (which was my job and we know how good i am at Hindi), as the kid english wasn't great. However another volunteer, Julie was brilliant and managed to get some structure to the classes and it felt the kids were actually learning - and it seemed with some planning they ...

Das Ende Indiens – Varanasi

A travel blog entry by rtw-win

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OK .. am Ende Indiens sind wir zwar nicht angelangt sondern eher noch mittendrin, aber für uns wird Varanasi die letzte Station sein, bevor es ab nach Norden zu den großen Bergen geht. Zuvor steht aber noch unsere erste Nachtzugfahrt in Indien an. Abgesehen davon, dass die Züge prinzipiell Verspätung haben und man der Anzeige nicht unbedingt trauen kann, vor allem da sie alle paar Minuten ausfällt, startete es für uns gar nicht so schlecht. Nach etwa ...

Vara … Vara … Varanasi

A travel blog entry by bellethorpe

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... the Ghats every man and his dog tried to get us into a boat but we politely declined as continued marching along. Just as the light was starting to dim we arrived at the Harishchandra Ghat and stood on a small platform to watch the cremation ghat in full flow.


It seemed to be quite a spectacle and we had to hustle to the front of a large crowd to get the best view. We took a look around the ...

Oh the Noise

A travel blog entry by bellethorpe

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... At one intersection there were so many horns beeping constantly at the same time we thought our ears were going to start bleeding.

This may sound like a huge over exaggeration and us just being all typically western and dramatic, but it had to be heard to be believed. We were already wondering if it would be worth it.

Very slowly we headed north to the area of Sarnath and gradually the traffic started to get a ...