Ajay Hotel Varanasi

... utilidad ya que en todo momento sabíamos en que parte estábamos, a qué velocidad íbamos y cuanto faltaba para llegar; éramos los primeros de la cola para bajar jejeje.

Al llegar a Varanasi (ex Benares) nos encontramos con otro chofer que nos estaba esperando para llevarnos al Guest House. Ahí dormimos un poco y al día siguiente conocimos a un par de chicos muy buena onda del hostel llamados Amid, Ashish y Raju. Amid nos hizo de guía turístico un par de días y nos llevo ...

... the bodies is supposed to burn away their sins.

After the boat ride we had some breakfast on the roof top of our guest house and were amazed to see hundreds of monkeys roaming around on the roofs of all the buildings. After a well needed nap, Em was awoken by a mouse in her hair!!! It was horrible but I have never seen Chris be so scared in his life of a tiny little mouse, he spent the whole time we were in our room on mouse patrol. We wandered around the ...

... 8217;ils ne peuvent souvent pas payer tout le bois nécessaire à leur crémation et qu’on peut lui faire une donation directement dans la main.....aïe, aïe, aïe, ça sent le petit gain perso. Nous partons sans lui acheter du bois de crémation.

Encore un mot au sujet de la « noise pollution » : Voulant ramener des recettes de cuisine et de la musique, je me suis aventurée dans un magasin de CDs. On pouvait écouter la musique choisie par haut-parleur. La ...

... back to Australia. Nice one. They even printed my Aaaargh!!! pirate t-shirts and the woman of the shop makes us chai and thali lunches, they're all shining gems. I did a bit of other business with jewellery and also have a trusty Baba supplying me with clay chillums that are all the rage in smoker's corners.

Possible Swine Flu Attack

I was terribly ill in Varanasi for a few days and Nadia had to look after me as i lay in the very hot hotel room (up around ...

... the soul in that moment, you are then able to face Shiva when he bends down to whisper the secret mantra of release from samsara. For centuries, people have thronged here to live here until they die. And it is not just those who have renounced the world, who come here it is also the householder who has discharged his worldly responsibilities and now wants to steep himself in piety until he dies. There are some depressing looking temples next to the burning ghats where ...

Hinduism is the predominant religion in India, and approximately 80% of its billion plus population are Hindus. The city of Varanasi along the Ganges River is possibly the most sacred location in the entire country for Hindus. It's also one of the dirtiest places I've ever been to in my life.

Varanasi's uber-holiness can be attributed to the Ganges River which Hindus refer to as 'The Great Mother'. Hindus on pilgrimages primarily come here for two main reasons. The ...

... Delhi where I was eventually put in the hands of another very competent Varanasi physician, Dr. Pandey who also tried to assure me that I did not contract a parasite and came to the same conclusion as the first doctor. He said the cauterization by the previous doctor was performed quite competently and was healing well. He gave me medication to promote healing of the skin plus painkillers. As the wound was healing nicely he said dressing was no ...

... while I was lazing in bed being holy and we have met some great little shop keepers and some nice people here too. She always picks up one or two followers with her wherever she goes and tries to give them the "death stare" (Luc's words) which we all know really means, "I'm friendly come follow me down a dark alleyway". I give them the fingers.

Actually I forgot! In Jaipur next to the biggest cannon in the world Luc was getting grumpy in ...

... to be cremated. A concrete building on legs towered above the ancient steps which we were informed was an 'electric ghat' where less well-off people were cremated efficiently in a fierce electric oven. If one can afford it, a more traditional cremation takes place here on the steps. The body, swaddled in cloth, is carried down through the Old City by a caste know as chandals on a bamboo stretcher. A funeral pyre is built from the logs that can be seen stacked carefully on barges and ...