Monday, December 16, 2013

First impressions

The train ride from Kolkata to Varanasi was definitely an experience including a smelly Indian sticking his wrinkly foot in Fletcher's mouth.

Once we arrived we were transported by rickshaws to Hotel Surya which is a complete luxury compared to Hotel Emirates where we would be staying for 2 nights. Not being able to see 5 metres in ahead of you on the road and trying to overtake the car in front while a dozen trucks were heading towards you with there lights off was a really safe ride...

My first thoughts of Varanasi while we drove through was an abandoned run-down city with no one on the streets.  

The hotel is the complete opposite though and I am off for a massage along with Mr Tripathi in 30 mins.

George Harman

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