Varanasi

Best travel reports from Varanasi

Final Countdown

India, finally something completely different. My flight was supposed to depart for Varanasi at 7 o'clock in the morning. Unlike many other travelers, I take others into...

Agra, Varanasi - India

With the food poisoning we went on a rather unpleasant journey to Agra. A city that combines all the negative aspects and sides of major Indian cities and still attracts...

Perfect ending

Delhi - Rishikesh - VARANASI - Nepal/Pokhara - Kathmandu Change: Kathmandu was postponed because Pokhara was closer to the border. Varanasi is said to be the most...

Be inspired by this spiritual and ceremonial flair!

This sentence on an advertisement poster for the city of Varanasi caught my attention yesterday in the metro in Kolkata. Not only because I have just visited this special place,...

Agra-Varanasi

Hi guys, After arriving in Agra, we first checked into the hostel to catch up on some much-needed sleep. Rested and full of energy, we decided to visit the Red Fort in Agra. The...

Day 17 to 20 Varanasi/ Sarnath - Uttar Pradesh

Namaste, the train stops, the door opens, and you find yourself in the middle of chaos once again. Once you step outside the train station, everything is as usual. You are...

Day 15 and 16 Agra - Uttar Pradesh

Hello, next stop, new challenge in another city with endless honking and thundering traffic. It is always just in a different place on the map. And this time it's Agra, yes...

Day 17 - 19: Varanasi

On the arrival day I was pretty exhausted, so I spent most of the day in the hotel. The next day, we went to the Ganges at 05:30. There, I had a boat ride where I not only...

Day 16: Beatles Ashram (07.02.2017)

Rent a scooter for about 5 euros, in order to plunge into the adventure of traffic. I got on the scooter and headed upstream to the Neer Garh waterfalls. It didn't take long for...

Day 8: Ganges Sunrise (02/27/2017)

We really wanted to observe the Ganges at sunrise. At 5:30 a.m., we had to get up and look for a nice boat for 5 people. Since that was not particularly difficult given the...