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Nar Indra Hotel Varanasi

P-292, Parade Kothi, GT Road, Cantt Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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... are also not allowed at the cremation for this reason.

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... dass es sich gar nicht um unseren Zug handelt, sondern es noch eine kurzfristige Änderung gegeben hat… ja… das hätte was werden können wenn wir einfach eingestiegen wären! Aber immerhin waren wir nicht die einzigen den es so erging – ein Pärchen aus Singapur teilte unser Schicksal und lief ebenfalls den Zug entlang. Wie sich herausstellte hatten sie das gleiche Ziel und teilten zufälliger Weise auch das gleiche Schlaf - Abteil mit ...

Vara … Vara … Varanasi

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... guide all unfolding right before us.

The Harishchandra Ghat was named after a mythological King Harish Chandra, who it is believed once worked at the cremation ground there. After watching until we felt uncomfortable we then headed onwards to watch the Ganga Aarti ceremony further along the river. This is where hundreds of the Aarti offerings were lit and floated out on the river all at once, as we ...

Oh the Noise

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... enlightenment at a place called Bodhgaya and it was there that he preached his first discourse in the neighbouring deer park to set in motion the 'Wheel of the Dharma'. It was classed as one of the most very holy sites and the place of the first 'teachings’.


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Attack of the Tout

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... blowing was so much worse and our ears were literally throbbing from the noise. We felt very trapped, isolated even, growing more and more aware of our precarious position all the time.

We then arrived in a small alley where the auto driver pulled over and it was then we realised he also did not know where he was going. The tout still made out as though he knew exactly where the hotel was, but he then had to cross the road and use our luggage tag to ...