Preview of Thomasgillam's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Varanasi, India Entry Title: "Varanasi/Benares/Kasi- The Holy City of Shiva" Entry: "We took our first night train from Delhi to Varanasi. First, a couple of comments regarding the trains here. Delhi has 17 million inhabitants and at least 4 train stations. Indian Railways are the largest train system in the world. It is also the most dangerous. Taking the train involves getting a confirmed ticket, the going to the correct station, pushing your way through the crowds, figuring out which platform your train is leaving from, then getting yourself and your bags on the correct car. The trains' bathrooms (2 on a car) feature aluminum toilets (one western style, one Asian Squat model). Both deliver their contents directly to the rail bed below the coaches, via a stove pipe. Unlike SE Asia and Russian trains, where they lock the restrooms while train in in station, here they are wide open as people load and wait. I'll just say , you haven't lived until you sit for a half and hour or so waiting for your train to move, while sitting in the heat over the tracks and the waste below. It made Grampa Jacobs' ol out-house seem like a bouquet of flowers! We rode in 3rd AC sleeper. The 2 tier AC sleeper and 3 tier Sleepers all fit into one coach. The cars have about eight "compartments". Each ...
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