The trip to Varanasi

After three good days in Delhi, Jaz and I experienced our first trauma. The group that we were travelling with all went home from Delhi and we started our week on our own by taking the train to Varanasi. We thought that a train ride would be a nice way to see the countryside and mix a bit with the general population. We should not have signed up for a 12-hour ride. It started with cockroaches in our cabin and ended with a five and a half hour delay. We left Delhi at 8am and arrived in Varanasi at 1:45am (as opposed to 8:10pm). What made the situation worse was that there were no announcements telling us that the train was delayed or even what stop we were arriving at. Luckily the taxi we had hired through the tour company was still waiting for us when we arrived.