I’ve always wanted to visit Lhasa, but when I looked for information on how to get there, I realized that getting to Tibet is too difficult. When I found out that there is an easier way to get to […]
After a year of waiting and countdown days in Europe, I got on a plane that drove me directly to airport in New Delhi. I was there a couple of hours waiting for my next flight to Leh. I […]
When I wanted to return to India a year later, I have planned my trip that straight after flight from Europe to Delhi I connected to a next flight to Leh. Leh is at an altitude of 3524 meters. This […]
I am sitting on the rooftop terrace of my hotel in New Delhi in Paharganj, I am smoking and I am sad. I will leave India tomorrow. I will be in Europe again after 6 weeks. I am trying to avoid these thoughts. I am trying […]
India doesn’t have the largest railway network in the world, though it is commonly believed. India comes fourth with approximately 64 000 km of railroad after US, Russia, and China. If the tracks were to be laid out from […]
Two days before we had to leave Varanasi, we came to a Ganges river with empty bottles. We wanted to take the water from Ganges and store it in bottles in remembrance of Varanasi, as do many travelers who […]
Ghats in Varanasi are riverfront steps leading to the banks of the River Ganges. The city has 87 ghats. Most of the ghats are bathing and puja ceremony ghats, while a few are used as cremation sites. Most Varanasi […]
Varanasi is the oldest city in India, it is the holiest city in the world for Hindus and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. People know Varanasi as The spiritual capital of India. There […]