http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttar-Pradesh/Allahabad/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , India , Uttar Pradesh , Allahabad en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:26:03 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:26:03 UTC Allahabad was great fun and nowhere near as busy as Chitrakoot which was a welcome relief after the excitment of yesterday. We had a fairly relaxing day after a very early 4.30 am start. I found out that I won't establish whether I have a seat reserved on the sleeper train from Varanasi to Darjeeling until a few hours before the train is due to depart which dampened my mood quite a bit. I started http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Uttar-Pradesh/Allahabad/blog-340727.html In the twilight hour chants and chaos reign the riverbanks. Priests are waiting for the last few pious of the day. Vendors sell out flowers grains and earthen lamps to be flown in the river. Policemen keep a vigil on any overenthusiastic pilgrim on the riverside. The Yamuna is deceptively deep on the flank in Prayag where it meets its magnificent sister the Ganga.Prayag aka Allahabad is blesse http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Uttar-Pradesh/Allahabad/blog-302353.html Op 10 november zijn we naar Allahabad gegaan. Volgens de Lonely Planet brengen niet veel toeristen een bezoek aan Allahabad terwijl het wel de moeite waard is. Nou daar denken wij heel anders over zo bijzonder was Allahabad namelijk niet...Bij aankomst in Allahabad werden we achtervolgd door een hardnekkige tourist guide die ons ook de volgende dag geen rust gunde. Dat ze hier niet gewend zijn http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Uttar-Pradesh/Allahabad/blog-225059.html Here are some random pics from a lot of things http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Uttar-Pradesh/Allahabad/blog-214882.html Amritsar for me is the one place I have always wanted to visit especially for the Golden Temple.Its not a particularly nice city but its not as busy as other places we have been. We stayed at the Mk Sood guesthouse which is probably thy cleanest place I've stayed so far.The Golden Temple is one of the main reasons I came to India I remember seeing a programme on it when I was Akid and have wa http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Uttar-Pradesh/Allahabad/blog-211229.html We have regretfully left Kolkata and moved on to Varanasi and Allahabad which are closer to Delhi. Kolkata was everything we didn't expect it to be. The reputation it has earned does not do it justice as it was probably the most modern place we have been to on this trip. We ate at some of India's best restaurants including one by Sanjeev Kapoor India's leading celebrity chef visited the http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Uttar-Pradesh/Allahabad/blog-172846.html