Varanasi SoundWalk Audio Tour?

tacita · Mar 22nd, 2008, 20:28

an assignment for a documentary studies course i'm taking included selecting a few atypical audio walking tours offered by various sources (slate.com, for example, which offers "unauthorized" tours of some of MoMA's paintings, revealing the thngs the curators may prefer you didn't know).

i noticed that one source on my list offers an audio tour of varanasi, so i thought i'd pass it on. i'd be curious to know if anyone has done one of these india and, if so, how they liked it.

for a link to the varanasi tour, go here.

(but i should also mention that it's not cheap--$35!)

PeakXV · Mar 22nd, 2008, 20:59

Thanks Janice - It's refreshing to know that there's actually a guide in/to India that you can mute successfully on demand and take appropriate respite when needed. Besides, with due apolgies to Diana Eck -Benares: City of Light is way TMI and continues to propagate dust bunnies atop the 'probably should read bin'.

Darmabum · Mar 22nd, 2008, 21:11

It seems to me that an audio tour's time has come . . . so many people with mp3's, iPods, etc . . . Podcast's would be an amazing way to get info without the salespitch . . . though, Eck, if taken in small doses and not read cover to cover, is an amazing guide . . . my own copy is mildewed, underlined and highlighted heavily after over a year there.

tacita · Mar 22nd, 2008, 23:16

the reason i'm especially curious about this is because of my hearing impairment. i don't generally do live tours/guides. but there are times when i really would like to have information to supplement what a book tells me. using local guides isn't an option for me. i just don't know what anyone is saying. a native english speaker, with volume control, and stop/start would be great, assuming the content is any good.

peak, as for turning it off, i suppose do have one general advantage: with one little switch, i can go to complete deafness. in a busy, crowded place like NYC or india, the juxtaposition of visual chaos and auditory vacuum creates a unique sensory experience.

Mar 22nd, 2008, 20:28	#1
tacita Maha Mutant Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Gotham Posts: 1,410	Varanasi SoundWalk Audio Tour? an assignment for a documentary studies course i'm taking included selecting a few atypical audio walking tours offered by various sources (slate.com, for example, which offers "unauthorized" tours of some of MoMA's paintings, revealing the thngs the curators may prefer you didn't know). i noticed that one source on my list offers an audio tour of varanasi, so i thought i'd pass it on. i'd be curious to know if anyone has done one of these india and, if so, how they liked it. for a link to the varanasi tour, go here. (but i should also mention that it's not cheap--$35!) __________________ Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. ~Helen Keller

Mar 22nd, 2008, 20:59	#2
PeakXV Naan.tering Nabob Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap Posts: 3,770	Thanks Janice - It's refreshing to know that there's actually a guide in/to India that you can mute successfully on demand and take appropriate respite when needed. Besides, with due apolgies to Diana Eck -Benares: City of Light is way TMI and continues to propagate dust bunnies atop the 'probably should read bin'. __________________ We shall not cease from exploration and at the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started ...and know the place for the first time. T.S. Eliot Don't go to India ~ Pre-trip Warnings & Misconceptions?

Mar 22nd, 2008, 21:11	#3
Darmabum Maha Guru Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: in the mountains of Idaho Posts: 763	It seems to me that an audio tour's time has come . . . so many people with mp3's, iPods, etc . . . Podcast's would be an amazing way to get info without the salespitch . . . though, Eck, if taken in small doses and not read cover to cover, is an amazing guide . . . my own copy is mildewed, underlined and highlighted heavily after over a year there. __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate; our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure - Marianne Williamson

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Mar 22nd, 2008, 23:16	#4
tacita Maha Mutant Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Gotham Posts: 1,410	the reason i'm especially curious about this is because of my hearing impairment. i don't generally do live tours/guides. but there are times when i really would like to have information to supplement what a book tells me. using local guides isn't an option for me. i just don't know what anyone is saying. a native english speaker, with volume control, and stop/start would be great, assuming the content is any good. peak, as for turning it off, i suppose do have one general advantage: with one little switch, i can go to complete deafness. in a busy, crowded place like NYC or india, the juxtaposition of visual chaos and auditory vacuum creates a unique sensory experience.

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