Surya Varanasi

... Varanasi, the Hindu holy city which sits on the banks of the Ganges. Arriving at Varanasi in the early evening, the V Man registered at Hotel Surya, (www.hotelsuryavns.com). Fabulous place, [$8/night]. A hotel compound surrounding a beautiful ...

... nice but weird since there aren't any Indian Buddhists around and all you see are Tibetan and East Asian influences. Varanasi is a very magical place and we missed out since we didn't really indulge in it given the circumstances...but we ...

... in the filth that is the Ganges. We also went back to the Ganges at sunrise to get a different perspective. From Varanasi we also visited Sarnath, a pilgrimage site for Buddhists. This is where Buddha supposedly preached his first sermon to a handful of ...

... be finally laid to rest instead of continuing on yet another tiresome reincarnation. For this reason, lots of people come to Varanasi especially to die. Apparently, there are "carparks" full of really sick people on their last legs who will be collected ...

The distance from Chitwan to Varanasi would back home be comfortably be travelled in a day as it is only 500kms, but in the traffic here we only travel around 20km an hour and we have a border crossing to negotiate where the truck could only get though ...

... the traffic, the random cow, beggars, etc.  Not to say i am still very careful about my personal belongings, etc, but i think Varanasi, which some say is the spiritual heart of India, has made me very happy. Yesterday, we woke early and set out onto ...

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Varanasi and the Ganges. Day 78 - Wednesday 22 June 2011. We arrived in Varanasi and checked into the Hotel Surya which you will see from the photo looks rather grand, I had a comfortable stay there for the 3 nights we were in Varanasi. The only ...

... row 13 people that far. I give him 20 rupees. An educated man approaches and informs us he our guide for the visit to Varanasi University (the largest in India). Spread across 2000 acres and with 35,000 students. It's a fabulous place and we go into the ...

With yet another pre-dawn start (getting used to them) to took Tuk Tuks to the Ganges where we took a boat that was rowed up and down the main streach of the Ghats along the rivers. This was an icon event for this section. The boat ride was good but did ...

Another long day on the truck. Just chilling out, getting some Rupees and updating all of you this afternoon. Out for a group meal tonight and then early to bed ready for a 5.30am start tomorrow for a river Ganges boat trip and a full day of seeing the ...

... hours walking along the ghats, we did a total of 4 boat trips. The sunrise/sunset row boat trip is the quintessential Varanasi experience, and we just couldn’t get enough! Although our guesthouse offered free boat rides, we chose to negotiate with ...

... as we have seen and heard. I write this now in Jaipur as I wait for a train from coming Varanasi that is over 5 hours delayed. Hotel wise, the Hotel Surya where we stayed gets great reviews but it did nothing for us. I can only imagine that every other ...

... around watching this surrounded by the cows, dogs and goats that run free everywhere. There are a number of burning ghats at Varanasi and they all carry out numerous cremations each and every day. Luckily we didn't see any women committing sati which ...

... that was going to be arranged. As we arrived there was nobody waiting for us, and Wilbert’s toe pain increased by the second. Varanasi train station is very crowded as one of the main pilgrim places in India, and it was also very hot and humid. We ...

... in hand drums again and perhaps I will continue with lessons back home. This morning I had my last early morning walk in Varanasi. Each morning I walk past the same women picking up garbage and cleaning the streets and the same men sitting and drinking ...