Comments on: Be careful what you wish for! http://www.benhider.com/blog/2008/05/be-careful-what-you-wish-for/ Photography, Art, Music, Ben Hider, Food, Tibet, India Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:51:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ben http://www.benhider.com/blog/2008/05/be-careful-what-you-wish-for/#comment-18 Ben Wed, 28 May 2008 06:07:04 +0000 http://www.benhider.com/blog/?p=27#comment-18 No particular festival. It is always a holy day in Varanasi by the river Ganga. There is a religious festival every night I am planning on visiting. SO HOT THOUGH!! The trains are great. Especially as I got upgraded. The colonial legacy is what holds the rail system together still. I don't think much has changed. The digital revolution is more affecting the cellphone and business stuff. Although they are more accurate on train times - eg. how late it will be arriving! No particular festival. It is always a holy day in Varanasi by the river Ganga. There is a religious festival every night I am planning on visiting. SO HOT THOUGH!!

The trains are great. Especially as I got upgraded. The colonial legacy is what holds the rail system together still. I don’t think much has changed. The digital revolution is more affecting the cellphone and business stuff. Although they are more accurate on train times - eg. how late it will be arriving!

]]> By: mark http://www.benhider.com/blog/2008/05/be-careful-what-you-wish-for/#comment-17 mark Tue, 27 May 2008 15:36:56 +0000 http://www.benhider.com/blog/?p=27#comment-17 Hi Ben, I've been enjoying your blog and a couple of thoughts. first about railways journeys. I can't help but think you are traveling on Indian trains at what will in future be seen to have been a fascinating and pivotal time - the time when India is really in transition. I always think of Indian railways as a positive colonial legacy. Is that true because from what you describe they don't appear to be a very positive experience. I wonder if you were to go back again when you get to my age whether it would be better or worse than they are now! Second I looked up Varanasi via the link you provided and i'm deeply in envy. I wish I was with you. Are you there at a particular religious festival or is it always busy there? Looking forward to some pictures. Travel safe M Hi Ben,
I’ve been enjoying your blog and a couple of thoughts. first about railways journeys. I can’t help but think you are traveling on Indian trains at what will in future be seen to have been a fascinating and pivotal time - the time when India is really in transition. I always think of Indian railways as a positive colonial legacy. Is that true because from what you describe they don’t appear to be a very positive experience. I wonder if you were to go back again when you get to my age whether it would be better or worse than they are now!
Second I looked up Varanasi via the link you provided and i’m deeply in envy. I wish I was with you. Are you there at a particular religious festival or is it always busy there? Looking forward to some pictures.
Travel safe
M

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