A Portrait of Varanasi – a photo essay

December 20, 2021

*It’s coming on Christmas They’re cutting down trees They’re putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace . …

You Had Me At Hello: Venice, Bali, Varanasi

November 28, 2021

This is the fourth post in the Travel Highlights series sharing some of the most enduring highlights of all our …

February 10, 2013

December 2-8, 2012. The dead are burned in Benares, on a huge ghat called Manikarnika. Two hundred on average are …

February 4, 2013

December 2-8, 2012. I’m glad Varanasi was the last stop on our six-week odyssey through India. Everywhere else we’ve been, …