Probably most people who have heard about Varanasi, have heard about it in association with burning of the dead. And to be honest - city offers little besides ghats (steps to river). Still - that is enough and Varanasi is a must-see city for everyone visiting India.
In a store, where I bought teas to send back home, we did some free tea degustation.
I once uploaded a bunch of wrong photos to Facebook's album and after realizing my mistake - deleted them. And this broke things. Now every time I upload photos to this album, Facebook incorrectly shows number of newly uploaded photos. If I upload 2 new photos, this is what my timeline will show:
Raitis Gorbacevičs added 11 new photos to the album India 2013.
Darjeeling. City of tea. I expected rural town with lush gardens of tea all around, but instead got bustling city with no visible tea bushes around. Still - I enjoyed it a lot and Darjeeling is now among my favourite places in India.
Note about Artur: last week he decided to stay longer in Assam to do some work, so I continued alone. We will meet again after 2-3 days.
Tourists need permit to enter Sikkim, fortunately, this process is relatively painless and can be done in an hour. While here, I visited 2 cities - Gangtok (capital of Sikkim) and Pelling (main tourist attraction).