Taj Ganges

... near Shiraz. In India, I'm looking forward to seeing Sikh influenced Amritsar in the northwest, the famed Taj Mahal in Agra, the city of Varanasi along the Ganges river and finally Calcutta in the northeast. And, as always, I'm sure there will be a ...

... and we found no great little hideouts to pass the time.  Finally when Rea began feeling better, we ventured out to see the great Ganges.  We'd heard stories of the filth and horror of this supposedly "holy" river and were now out to see them for ...

... pontoon bridge -- pretty rickety and our driver showed no signs of slowing down  -- it was look out cyclists and pedestrians... At Hotel Taj Ganges we were lucky as our rooms were ready so we dumped our bags and a few of us set off for a sunrise ...

We met downstairs just after 5.30am to walk down to Assi ghat to catch our row boat for another cruise down the Ganges.   It was a beautiful sunrise and there were already hundreds of people out bathing.   We hopped in our ...

... rein waschen war auch so sehr speziell. Noch spezieller waren allerdings die Verbrennungs-Gahts. Bei diesen Gahts (Treppen die zum Ganges führen) kremieren die Hindus ihre Toten auf offenen Holzfeuern. Da dies wegen der Holzpreise eine ziemlich teure ...

... pay and outlandish price to your hotel for a car because you can’t get to your destination by train. Luck would have it and on the 3rd day of waiting we managed to get an overnight train to Varanasi to experience the magic of the holy Ganges River. ...

... . We're spending tonight on a train, not something I'm really looking forward to.  Our destination is Varanasi(Benares), on the Ganges, and one of the oldest cities on earth, one of the parts of the trip I've been looking forward to with the most ...

... was over the Ganges. There is a song by Ella Fitzgerald from her 1958 album, Ella Swings Lightly: “Moonlight on the Ganges, my little Hindu. When I whispered love’s sweet melody, all our dreams and our schemes came true. Someday on the ...

... or 5 minutes twenty times! Very convenient. The only downside to Hotel Surya is that it is located approximately 5km from the Ganges. The V Man had a reservation at a guesthouse on the banks of the Ganges, but an inspection of same caused him to ...

... my favorite travel activities, wandering...just taking in the sights sounds and smells of the city.  We wandered along the Ganges, people bathing, cows bathing...not seen any burning bodies yet though!  Had a curry for breakfast, we are playing ...

... Udaipur. We hebben een balkon met vorstelijk uitzicht op de Ganges en worden 's ochtends of door de bedrijvigheid langs de Ganges gewekt of door een welkomscomitee van apen die op het dak spelen. Al vroeg in de ochtend komen mensen hier om te ...

... and their devotion to this is something to admire even if i dont understand it. In the evening there are blessing to the Ganges, it is a beautiful ceremony where people come everyday to receive their blessings Varanasi as a city is chaotic, it is made up ...

... gods to help heal the people.  There are big stairways, called ghats that line and lead down to the river.  The Ganges is probably the most significant religious site to Hindus and every year millions of pilgrims visit Varanasi to be able wash ...

... each angle. We took a moment to watch the mist disperse from the banks of the holy river Yamuna, which is an arm of the sacred Ganges. The Ganges is one of the only places in India which I wanted to get to but wasn't able to find the time, this would be ...

... this popping. They burn bodies 24/7 365 days!!! Non stop. Between 200 – 300 per day. The ashes are then scattered in the Ganges. Only people who have died from snake bites as well as children may not be burnt! Talk about gruesome! We then went on to ...

... old town, as always dodging cows, spit, people and poo! Our guesthouse is so clean and really nice, we are right on the Ganges, its going to be fun exploring the Ghats in the next couple of days, theres a stunning courtyard which our room opens out ...

... ewigen Kreislauf der Wiedergeburten verspricht. Das Ufer ist gesaeumt von sogenannten Ghats, Treppenstufen, die in den Ganges fuehren. Dort laesst sich einiges Interessantes, Erstaunliches, Merkwuerdiges und vorallem Ekelhaftes beobachten. So sieht ...

... which allow for rebirth, pinnacle to the Hindu religion. One of the most surreal experiences of this trip was floating down the Ganges river in a rowboat during sunset, and taking in the life on the river banks: people washing their laundry, washing ...

... short of the River Ganges, and even at this early hour the streets are full of life as people go about trying to make a living. The Ganges at 5am is an amazing sight. Our group boards a 20 foot row boat at one of the five bathing ghats. We are rowed ...

... THE holy place for the Hindus and people flock there to wash, drink and dive bomb into the holy waters of the dirty, polluted Ganges. Plus, most importantly, they go there to die. It's a city made up of hundreds of tiny alleyways, obvioulsy set up so ...

... be a breathtaking sight, with scores of people flocking to the river.  We had a perfect perspective  while floating on the Ganges and enjoying a cup of local chai (sweet tea).    A couple of hours went by far too quickly, and before ...