The stay in "the kashi inn" was superb. The landlord, hotel owner and caretaker dharmendra were all very courteous, hospitable and ever-helping. The rooms were comfortable, warm, cosy. It was a home outside home. Besides, for an overburdened city like banaras and the proximate accessibility to bhu, assi, sankatmochan, durga kund, manas mandir, ramnagar and other places worth visiting, the fare was not too heavy on the pocket. Parking of big vehicles was a bit tedious. But the street could be used for this purpose without posing that much of a problem; banaras, on the whole, is a city where one should shed one's frills of glamour and grandeur to travel as a common pilgrim on foot or available modes like boats, rickshaws, city buses or tempos to enjoy the real stay. I give the *homestay* a big thumbs up and five stars and also recommend it to any visitor endeavoring to travel solo or with family as a common visitor.