Hotel Varanasi Ashok
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It looks so lovely in the pictures
Up at 5am and on the way to the ghats by 5.30. Today's guide was very aloof. Saw the sun rise over the Ganges and took loads of photos, which I hope look picturesque but just seemed squalid. Saw a body being cremated and got covered in ash, but photographing the burning ghats is forbidden. Too tired and dazed to really take it in but lots of people …
The road to Varanasi
Set off at 7am and went up a mountain through teak forests which are a national park and tigers allegedly live there. Expected a spectacular view from the top, and what did we get? Another bloody plain! Which turned out to be the Deccan Plateau.
Eight and a half hours later we came down the other side, but at least we were back in Uttar Pradesh …
Journée hors de la foule
... journée à Varansi aujourd'hui. Depuis mon que je suis en Inde, aucune journée de puis ou même de nuage.
Bon ça y est, j'ai dépassé les 2 000 photos ... ça va être beau de filtrer et traiter ça dans photoshop hein !!!!
Varanasi est le 29 ième plus grande ville en Inde, 3,5 millions de personnes. Chez nous, il y a seulement Toronto avec ses banlieus qui atteinds ce nombre d'habitants.
J'ai vu un hôtel qui offre l'internet, mais ...
Varanasi Part 1 - The Raw and the Ritual
... with a ring of marigolds and a candle made to last a few hours. Candles are lit and set to sail in boats of banana leaves on the shores of the Ganges – the famous site being the river sparkling with thousands of these candles at night among the row boats. Missed that site but can imagine the magic.
Worshippers tend to come first thing in the morning, as it is a new beginning each day – we ...
Life and death in Varanasi
... cowpats and big cows round every corner. We've spent the last few days getting lost for hours, drinking chai with the locals, being ripped off in the shops and sampling street food. Fingers crossed we wont get Delhi belly! One evening we returned to the ghats to watch aarti and puji (religious ceremony). Hundreds of people gathered on the steps and priests were preparing to perform rituals. Chanting and music was being played over the ...
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