By nandan on February 25, 2008
I hosted a tenant from Montreal for one month in my guest house. His name is Will Eizlini but my family gave him a Indian name- Willu. His friend Bijay had contacted me through some Lonely Planet Forum posting where somebody had recommended my name. I still don’t know who did that but I was [...]
Posted in Groovy Ganges Guest House, Studies in India | Tagged guest house varanasi, music school varanasi, sitar classes varanasi, tabla classes varanasi, Varanasi
By nandan on January 20, 2008
One American Marine retired officer came to my guest house for one week. He had contacted me through craigslist before 3 months of coming to Varanasi. He was writing a novel and wanted to stay in India for one year. This time he just wanted to visit and see the place where he could stay [...]
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By nandan on December 30, 2007
I worked with two American girls, Maria and Olena, as their tour guide in Benares. They contacted me through my apartment add on craigslist. It was the first time when I was asked to arrange a tour of Benares. It was very exciting for me because I always wanted to work in tourism sector. Maria [...]
Posted in Business, Groovy Ganges Guest House | Tagged family stay varanasi, guest house varanasi, home stay varanasi, tour guide varanasi, tour varanasi, Varanasi
By nandan on December 20, 2007
I had a tenant from DC named Nick Chang. He was a Taiwanese but had green card of USA. He was a software Engineer. He was a Buddhist and wanted to visit few Buddhist sites in India. He wanted to visit Sarnath so I suggested him to hire a auto rickshaw for round trip. But [...]
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By nandan on December 10, 2007
A girl from Colorado named Erin wrote me to meet in Varanasi. She was friend of Krista whom I had work with in Benares. Erin came up with her one other Czechoslovakian friend named Katerina. Erin was a social activist and Katerina was a student. Erin works with a NGO that works for homeless people. [...]
Posted in Groovy Ganges Guest House, Hindu culture | Tagged guest house varanasi, indian wedding
By nandan on June 24, 2007
A lot of foreign students come India to learn Hindi and most of them either go to Masoori or Varanasi. They say that there are only three good Hindi schools in India and Varanasi and Masoori gets most attention. An student of University of Washington named Lane Rasberry stayed at my guest house for five [...]
Posted in Groovy Ganges Guest House, Studies in India | Tagged guest house varanasi, Hindi classes varanasi