Awesome dude. Did my soul good to see that. Not much changes in the galis of Banaras eh? I love Bengali Tola- it’s the main thread that runs parallel with the ghats. You may be just off it there? Really looking forward to the Varanasi vids.
Just home from work in Bath - England and enjoyed every second of the first Varanasi day. I have travelled to Mother Ganga in Varanasi many times but beginning to feel my 64. I am so enjoying watching your 2022 India travels, good lad, keep em coming 🩴🩴
Hello Gabriel. This is Ajay from prayagraj. I was thrilled when I saw prayagraj on screen. Thank you for visiting. You are one of my favourite travel vlogger. 💯❤️🙏
India is by far my favourite place to travel, such an incredible adventure! Can’t wait to go back and explore the south parts and devour the cuisine. I had a memorable time in varanasi maybe 4 years ago and met incredible people
It was India's vice president who was visiting Varanasi which caused the traffic jams. Even without such high-profile visits, Varanasi has a notorious traffic situation because it is a very old city. The hotel situation(being full) is because PM Modi dedicated the first phase of the Redeveloped Kashi Vishwanath corridor on the 13th of December 2021 and that led to an unprecedented amount of people visiting the city and even after four months, the hotel traffic hasn't reduced yet. Varanasi has noisy Streets but relaxed ghats. Enjoy your stay.
Saraswati isn't a mythical river, it's a real river, which flows inside the earth now after being dried up by climate and geographical changes. It's already proven by scientists and archeologists a few years back.
Varanasi was perhaps the most interesting spot when I toured India years ago. I always had mixed feelings about being thee. At times I felt like an intruder watching the funerals on the river. I am not sure if i would have enjoyed seeing tourists watching my own parents funeral. But watching life on the river was amazing. I have always wanted to go back for a long stay.
We have a power god dedicated to ‘destruction’. Unlike the Judeo-Christian linear view - God created in 6 days and finally there will be judgement day- the Hindu view is cyclical … and death is just a flip side of birth and the body is just a collection of elements (earth water air etc..). We don’t see ‘death’ as something to mourn..the soul has already taken another body(after death) or liberated from Cycles of birth and death forever … it’s just the body being consigned back to the elements. So don’t feel like an intruder … the rituals of death are no different than other day to day activists of living … it’s just how the universe operates.
I’ve been to Varanasi twice, first time in 2015, then again in 2020, there are very few Indian places that I return too as I want to tour the whole country, which will take a good decade more yet, but Varanasi is somewhere you can’t return to for long, it’s a magical place, spiritual beyond belief, forget the Vatican in Rome, St Paul’s in London, Mecca etc, this is the place, the feeling along the Ganges is unrivalled, the little backstreets, ally’s to walk along are from another time, but it’s this time, yesterday- today, it’s a must visit for those looking for peace, people harmony and the true reflection of Hinduism, remarkable place…
Been there at least 2 dozen times in the 1990s. During my winter stay in Sarnath (12 km distant) at CIHTS (Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies) I went many a weekend to Varanasi for delightful lunch, shopping and sightseeing. Shubham.
Excellent video. Talking about people that work hard to just survive, we see this in your videos of India. Some people, don't know how good r they got it, in this world, and need to see this video
Since you are in Varanasi, Try visiting Rudraksha centre newly built , Sarnath light and sound show , Kashi Vishwanath Dham improved ... Eat at Kashi Chat Bhandar
Wow !!! What a spectacular journey. Your dedication to share your experience , under pretty extreme conditions is so appreciated. Love India ….. land of miracles
I am amaze on how you travel! Your patience and friendly way of talking is incredible. This is like a different whole new perspective of traveling for me.
city of Varanasi is at least 15000 years old and continuously inhabited. it is associated with adiyogi or Shiva who created yoga spirituality and meditation. unfortunately it has become too touristy. however there is another Holy City equivalent to Varanasi named Rishikesh (birthplace of yoga) also associated with shiva which is less touristy and lot less touts.
So cool watching you travel India in (almost) real time! Thanks for your videos, I watched them recovering from Covid. Makes me want to jump on a a plane to Delhi
What a vlogger!! Wow... Wow... Wow!!! I didn't feel like I'm watching a vlog rather this feels so real it's like I am watching this in Netflix not RUclips▶️ And yep... Next level music🎶 and choice and the ending... Wow... Wow... Wow... You got a new subscriber Sir... Love 💖 from Assam (Personal I haven't visited varanasi yet, would love to one day... Learnt it so much in books and watched video on the telly but couldn't go there... Thank you for showing up this close... Thank you) ☺☺☺☺
It maybe because of not being used to eating spices and then suddenly start eating lots of spices in one day giving your body not much time to adapt. so i would advice to start with little spicy food then go on increasing the bar as per you like and you will never get sick by eating foods from any part of India (or atleast most of the time)
interestingly when i was in varanasi i met a traveller who was awfully sick, and coincidentally him and I both ate at the same restaurant the night before. But I ate indian food and he ate a pizza. I think generally you are pretty safe with cooked indian food.
This is fantastic. I love the old school way of not booking ahead, just turn up and find a room you never know what you're gonna get. I was there in 1984 and I think it's even more chaotic now! Peace & Love
It looks absolutely amazing, chaotic, colourful and noisy. I even saw monkeys just after you turned around so it was worth re-playing to notice everything. I wonder if throwing myself into the chaos of India would somehow cure me of my social anxiety and fear of crowded noisy places?
If you can keep the trips to 8 hours or less the local buses are great for the price imho. Especially if the road is so nice!! Happy Travels I miss India
Hey man, I'm especially loving the new India series. I'll be heading out from Manchester UK this December. Question: where would you recommend a good place to spend New year celebrations in North of India? Andy.
In North India, some places to explore- Bageshwar, Kausani, munsiyari, pithoragarh, almora, rishikesh, rudranath, devprayag, rudraprayag, kedarkantha, chandrashila, harshil valley ( all these places are in uttarakhand). In Himachal Pradesh some good places to explore include - Kaza, Tirthan Valley, Sethan Valley, Khajjiar, Kufri, Tosh, Dharamshala, Chitkul and many more. Kashmir is also a great option but I don't have much information about it. Since you will be visiting in December, you may enjoy visiting Varanasi, Agra, Vrindavan as well. Happy travelling!
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Thanks man I appreciate the recommendations I will research them. keep up the informative content Gabe and in the spirit of sharing here is one of mine that an off beat traveller such as yourself may appreciate. ruclips.net/video/VFxe0I-a6lU/видео.html
Try and visit the kashi vishwanath corridor and also take a walk along the interconnected ghats. A boat ride, and visit the crematorium When in varanasi, also try and visit Sarnath. Visit the original archeological site- associated with Ashoka and where Buddha gave his first sermon.
thankyou for your videos gabriel, ive watched all your videos. I wish to travel to india soon on a budget. Thanks for providing insight to a westerner that doesnt speak Hindi. Love from Australia
Hello Gabriel, I always wanted to visit Varanasi.Thanks to this video,I’ve already got a taste of the city.Happy and exciting yet extremely noisy and chaotic.Great video as usual, thank you 👍🙏🏽
Nice you are in Benares my favorite! Hope you see the new Temple complex and show the major gate at BHU! Enjoy your time in the oldest sacred city on the planet everything is available here 🙏🏽
Wow, the incessant constant honking in the city is a challenge to the senses! Yet, the culture and the friendliness of the people make it a must see experience. I wonder if the traffic would be less safe with the absence of honking? ha ha
And yes, it would be unsafe to travel without honking, It's in unsaid rule that you press horn before turning or overtaking in non overtaking zone or entering a road with *T* intersection to let others know you are coming
@@georgemckinnon7134 If you notice in India there's hardly anyplace where people following road lane so all people just makes a 2-3 lane road 5-6 leading to more vehicle then it supposed to be so in this hustle people honk letting the front guy know you are behind him or he is obstructing traffic . Its like a some kind of honking language but used on a large scale. It's definitely a headache but far better then leading to see accidents 😅
if you want to visit somewhere quite different to kolkata then I suggest you to go to state of Meghalaya in North East India. Meghalaya means land of the clouds. the state has 77% forest cover and its one of the most greenest place ever full of waterfalls. top 2 wettest place on Earth mawsynram and Cherrapunji are in Meghalaya. Asia's cleanest village Mawlynnong and one of the world's cleanest river dawki lies there too. Dawki River water so clear it could be mistaken for a see-through glass. in Meghalaya you would see Living root bridges. These wonderful structures have meticulously grown over a period of time and are among the biggest attractions in Meghalaya. The ever evolving Meghalaya bridges are made up of tangled thick roots that provide formidability to the structure and make it good enough to hold 50 or more people in one go. They are grown by trained Khasi and Jaintia tribes who have mastered the art of growing root bridges across raised banks of streams running through the dense forests of Meghalaya.
Varanasi really is a place of extremes...going from absolute mayhem and chaos to complete tranquility can be achieved in 5-10 minutes. I was gridlocked here for an hour once trying to leave to get to the airport in early evening and all the calm i had felt sitting by the Ganges all afternoon turned to stress. I made the flight by a few minutes after a lot of prayer but my advice to those flying is to disregard what the hotel/guest house tells you concerning travel times, especially in rush hour. Add one hour on festival days
Oh damn, Travelling Prayagraj in Summers. I used to go there every summer vaccation at my grandpas place, always used to get motion sick in the heat. But atleast the roads are better now and there are AC cars.
Thanks gabe for these owsm vlogs.... Despite being living in India... I never been to such spiritual places.. Always traveled to the Merto cities goa hill stations etc.. You inspired me to explore such places 🙌
Was expecting some prayagraj vlogs. But may be you'll return in rainy season after summers and visit all these places. Especially vindhyachal mountains just south of the great north indian plains (prayagraj and varanasi are the last cities of these plains after that vidhya range starts) although not high as the Himalayas, they have lots of history and culture still alive.
Perfect, Ok, I'm a bit of a different story, but in a similar style. Travel to travel! And music is music. He is with you, he is with me. I like this! And the most important thing. We have a passion that some will not take from us! Greetings from faraway Ireland - Travel with Lazy Foot. You will come to me when you have time for a good rest and fun. Peace bro 🇮🇪👣
Well, you went to Varanasi many a times before, in your previous trip to our India and I am curious to know, that this is of your which number to visit this holy city?
6:37 Gabriel, Saraswati is not a mythical river, it was real, it dried up about 4000 years ago. Varanasi is PM Narendra Modi's seat of election. He is Member of Parliament From Varanasi. Prime minister is the third in our political hierarchy, after President and Vice President but the President posts are just kind of ceremonial, real power is in the hands of the PM. Presidents just have to sign the papers and take part in ceremonies.
Have you had interest in visiting the Barabar Caves? Not sure of your editing turnaround on your vids, but you've been making slow progression eastward to them (they are north of Gaya). They are precision cut wonders in granite (one of the harder substances, maybe 8-9 on the Mohs scale of hardness), and the smoothness of walls are in the single digit micron range, where 1 micron is 1/1000mm. Nobody knows how they were made.
Been there at least 2 dozen times in the 1990s. During my winter stay in Sarnath (12 km distant) at CIHTS (Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies) I went many a weekend to Varanasi for delightful lunch, shopping and sightseeing. Shubham.
Just a small suggestion, before visiting any places just read some info about that place. History, cultural significance of that place, tourist friendliness, local contacts. I'm sure many will come forward, just ask in Instagram/other social media. 🙏
You should visit Odisha....both coastal and southern odisha...its a different world out here...not mentioned in any of the tourism booklet you will found of india
Back in uk now 🇬🇧 but was in Kashi in feb 2022 and walk the exact ally you walked. I was to go back and become London baba place is magical and I can’t stop thinking about it. You can BHU museum interesting artificial lady called Dr Priyanka gave me a tour 🙏🙏 Om namah shivay 🙏🙏
Varanasi population is 1.4 million not 14
Woops, my mistake. The way it's written as 14 lakh (14,32,280) made me think it was 14 million. I'll catch that next time.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos np
I did wonder!
@@ninja_ssj3 no 😀
Awesome dude. Did my soul good to see that. Not much changes in the galis of Banaras eh? I love Bengali Tola- it’s the main thread that runs parallel with the ghats. You may be just off it there? Really looking forward to the Varanasi vids.
Just home from work in Bath - England and enjoyed every second of the first Varanasi day. I have travelled to Mother Ganga in Varanasi many times but beginning to feel my 64. I am so enjoying watching your 2022 India travels, good lad, keep em coming 🩴🩴
Hello Gabriel.
This is Ajay from prayagraj.
I was thrilled when I saw prayagraj on screen.
Thank you for visiting.
You are one of my favourite travel vlogger. 💯❤️🙏
India is by far my favourite place to travel, such an incredible adventure! Can’t wait to go back and explore the south parts and devour the cuisine. I had a memorable time in varanasi maybe 4 years ago and met incredible people
It was India's vice president who was visiting Varanasi which caused the traffic jams. Even without such high-profile visits, Varanasi has a notorious traffic situation because it is a very old city.
The hotel situation(being full) is because PM Modi dedicated the first phase of the Redeveloped Kashi Vishwanath corridor on the 13th of December 2021 and that led to an unprecedented amount of people visiting the city and even after four months, the hotel traffic hasn't reduced yet. Varanasi has noisy Streets but relaxed ghats. Enjoy your stay.
I see, thanks for the info.
Saraswati isn't a mythical river, it's a real river, which flows inside the earth now after being dried up by climate and geographical changes. It's already proven by scientists and archeologists a few years back.
~@@/ She is also a beautiful Patron Goddess of Arts and Sciences. //
@@alpovratia6488 and learning too
@@anthonydavis3424 don't believe me. Go check the reports and news.
I am getting addicted to your beautiful vlogs on India's cultural ans spiritual sites.❤️
I thought it was just me - SO addictive 😄
Me too! I love it when he is in places like India!
Varanasi was perhaps the most interesting spot when I toured India years ago. I always had mixed feelings about being thee. At times I felt like an intruder watching the funerals on the river. I am not sure if i would have enjoyed seeing tourists watching my own parents funeral. But watching life on the river was amazing. I have always wanted to go back for a long stay.
We have a power god dedicated to ‘destruction’. Unlike the Judeo-Christian linear view - God created in 6 days and finally there will be judgement day- the Hindu view is cyclical … and death is just a flip side of birth and the body is just a collection of elements (earth water air etc..).
We don’t see ‘death’ as something to mourn..the soul has already taken another body(after death) or liberated from Cycles of birth and death forever … it’s just the body being consigned back to the elements.
So don’t feel like an intruder … the rituals of death are no different than other day to day activists of living … it’s just how the universe operates.
I feel like it honors them. They are a beautiful people with a beautiful culture. And with anything beautiful, outsiders will be curious.
I’ve been to Varanasi twice, first time in 2015, then again in 2020, there are very few Indian places that I return too as I want to tour the whole country, which will take a good decade more yet, but Varanasi is somewhere you can’t return to for long, it’s a magical place, spiritual beyond belief, forget the Vatican in Rome, St Paul’s in London, Mecca etc, this is the place, the feeling along the Ganges is unrivalled, the little backstreets, ally’s to walk along are from another time, but it’s this time, yesterday- today, it’s a must visit for those looking for peace, people harmony and the true reflection of Hinduism, remarkable place…
👍🏻👍🏻😁
Been there at least 2 dozen times in the 1990s. During my winter stay in Sarnath (12 km distant) at CIHTS (Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies) I went many a weekend to Varanasi for delightful lunch, shopping and sightseeing. Shubham.
The 0n1y thing I see is dirty p1us cha0s...water p01uit0n...100ks 1ike that p1ace has been b0mbed..dusty p1ace...
I am from Varanasi, I live in Prayagraj. I am liking this vlog! Also don't forget boating along the ghats.
Don't worry, he is pro. Been here in india more than 12 times 🙂
He is traveling the world more than 25 years, the real Traveler
Excellent video. Talking about people that work hard to just survive, we see this in your videos of India. Some people, don't know how good r they got it, in this world, and need to see this video
yurs blogs are very real and ground to earth..and background music is very nice and acording to content
Great, glad to hear it.
Amazing video Gabriel! I’m so excited that India is finally open to tourists. Keep up the great work, and thank you for posting so many videos!
Since you are in Varanasi, Try visiting Rudraksha centre newly built , Sarnath light and sound show , Kashi Vishwanath Dham improved ... Eat at Kashi Chat Bhandar
I’ve been really enjoying these India videos so glad you’re back there Gabriel! India is how I found your channel years ago🖤
Wow !!! What a spectacular journey. Your dedication to share your experience , under pretty extreme conditions is so appreciated. Love India ….. land of miracles
even with the noise , poverty and pollution,,, there is still something so beautiful and magical,, thank you and continued safe travels
I am amaze on how you travel! Your patience and friendly way of talking is incredible. This is like a different whole new perspective of traveling for me.
I love how you respect & have patience with great positivity no matter the situation. Extremely awesome Gabriel! Blessings to you✌️🙂👍💖🎉
city of Varanasi is at least 15000 years old and continuously inhabited. it is associated with adiyogi or Shiva who created yoga spirituality and meditation. unfortunately it has become too touristy. however there is another Holy City equivalent to Varanasi named Rishikesh (birthplace of yoga) also associated with shiva which is less touristy and lot less touts.
I was watching your vlog in Verona last night, and the one in Austria. The world sure is a beautiful place ☺️👌
Sure is...if we can only get dispose of disgusting pig dictators that want to rule with an iron fist. ahem.putin
Simply amazing video! ! I love the chaos and movement of the Indian streets and alleyways! ! ✌️
Just started watching your vlogs. And this is the first video I'm watching and I'm instantly intrigued. Well done mate. 👏
So cool watching you travel India in (almost) real time! Thanks for your videos, I watched them recovering from Covid. Makes me want to jump on a a plane to Delhi
thanks for THIS AND ALL THAT YOU DO GAB :)) SAFE TRAVELS
What an exciting video gabe Loved it
Great video. The background music tracks are excellent too.
What a vlogger!! Wow... Wow... Wow!!! I didn't feel like I'm watching a vlog rather this feels so real it's like I am watching this in Netflix not RUclips▶️
And yep... Next level music🎶 and choice and the ending... Wow... Wow... Wow...
You got a new subscriber Sir... Love 💖 from Assam
(Personal I haven't visited varanasi yet, would love to one day... Learnt it so much in books and watched video on the telly but couldn't go there... Thank you for showing up this close... Thank you)
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Thanks a lot. 😊✌
Gabriel is so chill and almost therapeutic to watch his vlogs after a stressful day.
Gabe do you worry about getting sick from eating the food there? I had a friend get VERY sick for three weeks!
Its totally depend upon,how you will handle the spices.And try to avoid drinking regular water outside.
I've never gotten sick from the food in all my times traveling to India, so I don't worry about it. Many people do, I guess I'm lucky.
It maybe because of not being used to eating spices and then suddenly start eating lots of spices in one day giving your body not much time to adapt. so i would advice to start with little spicy food then go on increasing the bar as per you like and you will never get sick by eating foods from any part of India (or atleast most of the time)
@@GabrielTravelerVideos you are extremely lucky. Clearly suited to world travel
interestingly when i was in varanasi i met a traveller who was awfully sick, and coincidentally him and I both ate at the same restaurant the night before. But I ate indian food and he ate a pizza. I think generally you are pretty safe with cooked indian food.
This is fantastic. I love the old school way of not booking ahead, just turn up and find a room you never know what you're gonna get. I was there in 1984 and I think it's even more chaotic now!
Peace & Love
Fascinating video and good content, Gabriel!
Very good video with all new information.
Whew!!! What a travel day! The noise was incredible!! Good you found a quite place & fast WIFI! Great video ~Cara 😊
Stay in cantonment area ... It will have 4 star hotels with good amenities... You can use bus or autos for traveling
It looks absolutely amazing, chaotic, colourful and noisy. I even saw monkeys just after you turned around so it was worth re-playing to notice everything.
I wonder if throwing myself into the chaos of India would somehow cure me of my social anxiety and fear of crowded noisy places?
Varanasi may be too much for you. Choose a milder city for your first visit.
Varanasi is truly mind-blowing.
Great video! I love this series. It is amazing. The people and all the day to day life going on. Amazing!
There's no place quite like Varanasi. Excitingly waiting for your next vlog
If you can keep the trips to 8 hours or less the local buses are great for the price imho. Especially if the road is so nice!! Happy Travels
I miss India
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Hey man, I'm especially loving the new India series. I'll be heading out from Manchester UK this December.
Question: where would you recommend a good place to spend New year celebrations in North of India? Andy.
If you want to visit India,then you should visit Chandigarh,Noida, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Surat, Kolkata & North-east India 🙏🇮🇳🙏.
Pushkar is a good place, it will be warmer there than other places in India like Rishikesh, Delhi, Varanasi: ruclips.net/video/vwFzHc0qafU/видео.html
In North India, some places to explore- Bageshwar, Kausani, munsiyari, pithoragarh, almora, rishikesh, rudranath, devprayag, rudraprayag, kedarkantha, chandrashila, harshil valley ( all these places are in uttarakhand). In Himachal Pradesh some good places to explore include - Kaza, Tirthan Valley, Sethan Valley, Khajjiar, Kufri, Tosh, Dharamshala, Chitkul and many more. Kashmir is also a great option but I don't have much information about it.
Since you will be visiting in December, you may enjoy visiting Varanasi, Agra, Vrindavan as well.
Happy travelling!
@@ArtistsNook Hey excellent info, thanks.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Thanks man I appreciate the recommendations I will research them. keep up the informative content Gabe and in the spirit of sharing here is one of mine that an off beat traveller such as yourself may appreciate.
ruclips.net/video/VFxe0I-a6lU/видео.html
I've never done this before online but I look forward to your videos and try to watch them as soon as they flash on my screen.
Great video!! Can't wait to see the next ones!! 💪
Addicted towards your blogs which is related to banaras love you so much 🥰😍😘
Amazing video, Gabriel!!
Try and visit the kashi vishwanath corridor and also take a walk along the interconnected ghats. A boat ride, and visit the crematorium
When in varanasi, also try and visit Sarnath. Visit the original archeological site- associated with Ashoka and where Buddha gave his first sermon.
thankyou for your videos gabriel, ive watched all your videos. I wish to travel to india soon on a budget. Thanks for providing insight to a westerner that doesnt speak Hindi. Love from Australia
Your travels, adventures and videos are a work of art.
Cool man, thanks.
its incredible to see how others live and work compared to here in western europe.
Varanasi is one of the oldest civilization in the world & most important place for Hindus🕉
I think gabriel you are also addicted towards banaras that's why all blogs related to banaras is so much beautiful 🥰😍😘🙏🙏🙏🙏
Hi ya what flight travel app due you use ? Thanks. Love your channel.
Skyscanner and expedia.
Great video gabe - keep it up! And by the way, getting a local simcard is super cheap. No need to worry about wifi then..
Hello Gabriel, I always wanted to visit Varanasi.Thanks to this video,I’ve already got a taste of the city.Happy and exciting yet extremely noisy and chaotic.Great video as usual, thank you 👍🙏🏽
Great you made it Gabriel to your destination take care! 👍 😀
It's cute how everyone is so interested in what you're doing. lol
sensory overload....sound, just part of it....India....what a din.....just watching the city chaos makes you dizzy...wow.
Excelente video gabriel traveler😀👍
Nice you are in Benares my favorite! Hope you see the new Temple complex and show the major gate at BHU! Enjoy your time in the oldest sacred city on the planet everything is available here 🙏🏽
Julie I am sure you love India more than any other country ❤️👍🙏
Wow, the incessant constant honking in the city is a challenge to the senses! Yet, the culture and the friendliness of the people make it a must see experience. I wonder if the traffic would be less safe with the absence of honking? ha ha
Honking works different here,
Drivers communicate through honking because you know.....we don't really follow traffic rules
And yes, it would be unsafe to travel without honking,
It's in unsaid rule that you press horn before turning or overtaking in non overtaking zone or entering a road with *T* intersection to let others know you are coming
@@babayada2015 Awe! Thank you for that clarity. It's making sense to me now.
@@georgemckinnon7134 If you notice in India there's hardly anyplace where people following road lane so all people just makes a 2-3 lane road 5-6 leading to more vehicle then it supposed to be so in this hustle people honk letting the front guy know you are behind him or he is obstructing traffic . Its like a some kind of honking language but used on a large scale. It's definitely a headache but far better then leading to see accidents 😅
if you want to visit somewhere quite different to kolkata then I suggest you to go to state of Meghalaya in North East India. Meghalaya means land of the clouds. the state has 77% forest cover and its one of the most greenest place ever full of waterfalls. top 2 wettest place on Earth mawsynram and Cherrapunji are in Meghalaya. Asia's cleanest village Mawlynnong and one of the world's cleanest river dawki lies there too. Dawki River water so clear it could be mistaken for a see-through glass. in Meghalaya you would see Living root bridges. These wonderful structures have meticulously grown over a period of time and are among the biggest attractions in Meghalaya. The ever evolving Meghalaya bridges are made up of tangled thick roots that provide formidability to the structure and make it good enough to hold 50 or more people in one go. They are grown by trained Khasi and Jaintia tribes who have mastered the art of growing root bridges across raised banks of streams running through the dense forests of Meghalaya.
Can I ask you something from where did u get these background songs/music, I am an Indian and never heard of these. BTW Loved it
Royalty free music either paid or free ones from pexels or other many websites
I explain in this video: ruclips.net/video/vVXMfASGaUs/видео.html
I'll have to go there sometime. Thanks for the video!
Great video!
Varanasi really is a place of extremes...going from absolute mayhem and chaos to complete tranquility can be achieved in 5-10 minutes. I was gridlocked here for an hour once trying to leave to get to the airport in early evening and all the calm i had felt sitting by the Ganges all afternoon turned to stress. I made the flight by a few minutes after a lot of prayer but my advice to those flying is to disregard what the hotel/guest house tells you concerning travel times, especially in rush hour. Add one hour on festival days
Oh damn, Travelling Prayagraj in Summers. I used to go there every summer vaccation at my grandpas place, always used to get motion sick in the heat. But atleast the roads are better now and there are AC cars.
Thanks gabe for these owsm vlogs.... Despite being living in India... I never been to such spiritual places.. Always traveled to the Merto cities goa hill stations etc.. You inspired me to explore such places 🙌
Superb song selection Gabriel
Great video👍👍👍
9:14 such a marvellous art of a dancing woman portrayed on that pillar of a flyover.
I asked a friend who just got back from India how it was, and she said that the experience was "overwhelming". I so get it. You don't seem to be.
You’re a cool dude haha I needa catch up on your series, if you wanna Call it that
Was expecting some prayagraj vlogs. But may be you'll return in rainy season after summers and visit all these places. Especially vindhyachal mountains just south of the great north indian plains (prayagraj and varanasi are the last cities of these plains after that vidhya range starts) although not high as the Himalayas, they have lots of history and culture still alive.
Amazing Gabriel
Yeah Gabriel your best at what you do. I love Bharanas. The city dedicated to the Lord of the dance 🔱🔱🔱
Glad to see you pass through the front of my home in allahabad.
I believe it was a very tough to day for you. Did you see take any painkiller no in the evening.
Only Gabriel can show wat no other vlogger shows
Those car horns are the best souvenirs to take from India. Can't go wrong on that purchase.
Perfect, Ok, I'm a bit of a different story, but in a similar style. Travel to travel! And music is music. He is with you, he is with me. I like this! And the most important thing. We have a passion that some will not take from us! Greetings from faraway Ireland - Travel with Lazy Foot. You will come to me when you have time for a good rest and fun. Peace bro 🇮🇪👣
Wow what a wild place. Such an epic adventure.
one love.goosebumps when i think about that i will be there again in november❤️❤️❤️
Well, you went to Varanasi many a times before, in your previous trip to our India and I am curious to know, that this is of your which number to visit this holy city?
6:37 Gabriel, Saraswati is not a mythical river, it was real, it dried up about 4000 years ago. Varanasi is PM Narendra Modi's seat of election. He is Member of Parliament From Varanasi. Prime minister is the third in our political hierarchy, after President and Vice President but the President posts are just kind of ceremonial, real power is in the hands of the PM. Presidents just have to sign the papers and take part in ceremonies.
Great video, you can also visit holyplace Bodhgaya it is 4-5 hour journey from Varanasi
Wow, wild:)
I'd need permanently-fixed headphones for that noise pollution when on the street there. Horrendous.
You won't be, you will be immune in no time.
Hot weather might be a problem...
Thank you for the impressive video
Love from India ❤️
I like how liveliness of Varanasi. It looks similar to Kathmandu Nepal, which I visited in 2018.
Have you had interest in visiting the Barabar Caves? Not sure of your editing turnaround on your vids, but you've been making slow progression eastward to them (they are north of Gaya). They are precision cut wonders in granite (one of the harder substances, maybe 8-9 on the Mohs scale of hardness), and the smoothness of walls are in the single digit micron range, where 1 micron is 1/1000mm. Nobody knows how they were made.
Never heard of them before, thanks for the tip. There's so much crazy stuff to see in India.
Amazing video, I've been there 3 times.
Been there at least 2 dozen times in the 1990s. During my winter stay in Sarnath (12 km distant) at CIHTS (Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies) I went many a weekend to Varanasi for delightful lunch, shopping and sightseeing. Shubham.
@@alpovratia6488 Namaste.
Loved watching this video was so very interestimg! Maybe we could have a tour of your accom?
Cool, glad you liked it Maria. I'll show my room in the next video, which I just finished.
Just a small suggestion, before visiting any places just read some info about that place. History, cultural significance of that place, tourist friendliness, local contacts. I'm sure many will come forward, just ask in Instagram/other social media. 🙏
That was not a good advertisement for Varanasi. Very loud and annoying.
You should visit Odisha....both coastal and southern odisha...its a different world out here...not mentioned in any of the tourism booklet you will found of india
OMG traveling in this hot weather in the bus ..btw I live in Delhi. It's getting hot day by day.
You Da Man!!
Back in uk now 🇬🇧 but was in Kashi in feb 2022 and walk the exact ally you walked. I was to go back and become London baba place is magical and I can’t stop thinking about it. You can BHU museum interesting artificial lady called Dr Priyanka gave me a tour 🙏🙏 Om namah shivay 🙏🙏
Present government has done a really good job in infrastructure department, especially the road infrastructure.