Originally we had 5 days planned for Varanasi but after many people told us that it wa s a s*** hole nwe decided to mke it 3 days - and boy are we gld we did. Varanasi is the holy city of India situated on the holy Ganges River. Many Indcians come here on holidays to worship and others come here to die or to cure them of their illnesses. On the banks of the Ganges river are many ghats in which people worship and some are open air burning ghats which are used t...

India - glorious India. We have just arrived in India after our 3 week stint in Nepal. After our trek we did a 2 day/1 night white water rafting trip which was awesome. It was so much better than i expected. We had awesome grade 3-4+ rapids and the water was absolutely beautiful - clean, cold and refreshing. We stayed in a wicked lodge by the waters edge in well constructed tents with a thatched roof and beds!! Typically we expected the food to be pretty po...