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…

We slept in late after the horrific drive to Amritsar. Even when we woke up, the stress from last night was still there. But we knew a place to get rid of it all; the golden temple. Yes, we have…

Today we have planned a relaxed day in Amritsar at the Golden temple. We are so very much impressed by this temple that we don’t mind to go back there day after day. We have heard that they are providing…