Rishikesh is the place to sit back, relax and contemplate about all the impressions we have seen so far. We felt we needed a break as we had seen so much already. Left overs from the Romanian Empire, Greek ancient…

As the Yoga lessons in the afternoon were ‘women only’, filming Elles during her yogaclass was out of the question. But after three consequetive days we managed to win the heart of the lovely instructor and could film all the…

Eventually all travellers, even the ones that come to India for business, will end up with something, ranging from stomach cramps to some sort of infection. Most of them have diarrea in all sorts and shapes. We have been lucky…

Driving in India causes stress. We can easily say that in terms of driving and road conditions India is the most uncivilised country we have driven in. A few examples: -Cows and other animals roam the streets undisturbed -The more…

When we wake up we notice that the weathergods turned against us! We ask reception and they tell us that India has one of the worst monsoons this year. ‘The monsoon should have stopped a long time ago’, they say.…

We left Agra due to the continues bad weather and headed to Varanasi. It would be a two day drive on reasonable roads, we were told. But as we left Agra we noticed immediately that the monsoon had caused major…

After settling in we head into town. We are curious how the Ganges river looks here and wonder how it will be to see a cremation. We have heard stories that it is a peaceful thing but have no clue…

Waking up 4.45 am is something we are normally not good at. But today we are going to make a sunrise boot tour on the Ganges River to see the morning bathing rituals. The bathing ritual takes place near the…

After a few dry pieces of toast and a greasy omellete we take a autorickshaw to visit the SOS village of Varanasi. We have been looking forward to another visit because it has been a while since our last visit…

Trainstations in India are a typical chaos. People sleep, eat, live, beg or sell useless items as noisy fake plastic mobile telephones on the platforms……Trainstations are little subcultures and you can easily spent a day on a platform watching everything…