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Videos capturing the craziness of India

Around the World Travel — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:50:42 +0000

Here are a selection of videos from India that starts to begin to explain the breadth of the Indian culture, landscape and feeling the country gives to anyone who who vistes this awe inspiring country. Tabla and Sitar show in Varanasi Clouds speeding over us in the hills of Sikkim A Gorkha protest …

Business in Varanasi

Around the World Travel — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:51:33 +0000

We some how ended up in a jeep with the owner of Glenary’s, the very same place we had spent on the internet and gazing out of the window with a fine pot of tea. Well she bought it from the British and ultimately is now monetising it as much as possible. After we are …

Varanasi to Siliguri, a Gorka strike and a birthday

Around the World Travel — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:58:33 +0000

Varanasi to Siliguri

Real Varanasi

Around the World Travel — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:00:20 +0000

After our relaxing 3 days we prepared ourselves for ‘the real Varanasi’ and headed off by autorickshaw to be dumped 15 minutes walk away from our destination “The brown bread bakery”. Rated by the Lonely Planet, but not by us. Overcharging, uninterested and the volunteering they apparently offered seemed to be seasonal (I am not …

To Varanasi and Luxury!

Around the World Travel — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:20:06 +0000

Landing on in our 2-tiered AC cabin because every other class was full, we were happy as we had previously decided to try every class in order to compare and find out what the differences were. Thus the relatively expensive Rs1950 (30 pounds for both) was a must and we didn’t feel bad. Feeling good …