Cruising the Ganges – River of Life – Part 4 – Colonial history & Ganga Sunset
19.10.18 Like always I got up very early to enjoy the view and do some "paper work". Breakfast as usual and then we took our country boat across to Chandannagar…
Cruising the Ganges – River of Life – Part 5 – Temples, dung cakes & markets
20.10.2018 Same as every day I got up by 05:30, opened the window and did some "work". Do not get me wrong, normally when working on a ship, I have…
Cruising the Ganges – River of Life – Part 6 – Mughal Heritage & no AC
22.10.18 My every-morning-ritual got interrupted this morning .... Well, maybe not really, though. Every 6 or 12 hrs or so the generator get changed - one goes off and the…
Cruising the Ganges – River of Life – Part 7 – Last days cruising
23.10.2018 This morning was an early start for everybody. With sunrise the Captain lifted the anchor at 05:30 - this is heard pretty much everywhere on the ship, which is…
The Ganges – River of Life – Part 8 – Overland to Bihar
25.10.2018 Today we would be leaving the ship and continue our journey overland - still following the River Ganges. Leaving the ship to go on the land program in India…
The Ganges – River of Life – Part 9 – Temples & The Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya
26.10.2018 Everybody had a relaxed short lunch break and at 14:30 we got ready to visit Bodhgaya. With our bus it took some 15 min to reach the town from…
The Ganges – River of Life – Part 10 – Varanasi – The Holy City
28.10.2018 It was a short night! My alarm went off at 04:30 and I met our guide Mukund in the Lobby at 05:15. Nobody overslept or chickened out - Varanasi…
The Ganges – River of Life – Part 11 – A glimpse of Delhi
29.10.2018 Today we would be leaving Varanasi already. Again I had to get up early and pack. Well, not much to pack since I have been living out of my…