We got up at 5am this morning to take a boat ride on the Ganges, the reason for wakin up so early was so we could see the sunrise, but it was too cloudy, ahh well never mind. It was still very good and our tour guide gave us lots of information. The men who were rowing the boat must have been knackered as they took us up the river and the current was very very strong. While on the Ganges we saw people swimming, washing and praying. We also saw monkeys jumping fro...

So we caught the overnight train to Varanasi, it took 14 hours. Getting on the train from Delhi train station was the most complicated and stressful thing we have ever done. First off our taxi didn't turn up on time so we had to walk to the station with our heavy bags, one of Shafi's drivers walked us there so we didn't get lost, but he couldn't take us all the way to our platform as he didn't know which one we needed and he didn't have a ticket to get through t...

So we caught the overnight train to Varanasi, it took 14 hours. Getting on the train from Delhi train station was the most complicated and stressful thing we have ever done. First off our taxi didn't turn up on time so we had to walk to the station with our heavy bags, one of Shafi's drivers walked us there so we didn't get lost, but he couldn't take us all the way to our platform as he didn't know which one we needed and he didn't have a ticket to get through t...