Varanasi to Delhi

Ollie Schnauer

Varanasi was chill - no two ways about it. After some crazy, interesting cities and locations, Varanasi was a nice place to just relax.

Upon arrival we were told to order whatever took our fancy from the hotel's menu for dinner and then go book our massage for the following day (both of which were shouted by staff). Later that night we ordered multiple rounds of desserts partially because the waiter was a good laugh but also top quality desserts are hard to turn down when it's only about 5 dollars in New Zealand. In general it was just good to laugh, play cards, talk with mates and just relax after a week and a half of this full on, but simultaneously, awesome country.

Now we are in Delhi. The place we are staying now is completely opposite to Hotel Surya (Varanasi), to say the least. Walking in to my new home for the next few nights I see; a fan hanging out of the ceiling, the top half of a wall covered in mould, white powder dropping from lumps in the ceiling and a shower that points straight in to the wooden bathroom door causing that to become mouldy also.

I guess you can say it has character...