This is a fascinating place. It stretches for about 6 miles along one bank of the Ganges. All along its length are 'ghats' - steps down to the river, where people bathe, swim, wash their clothes and cremate their dead. Actually, there are 5 types of person, including pregnant women and babies, who are considered already pure and do not need to b...

A night so hot I barely register the mosquitoes. We lie under a fan and roll in our sleep to keep from sweating through the mattress. Leah emits intermittent murmurs about air-conditioning. In the morning, I leave early to meet Viki, the boy in the corner store down the road. I've been thinking of writing an article on the dairy industry in Indi...

Varanasi, aussi appelée Bénares ou Kashi aurait été fondée par Shiva selon la mythologie hindoue et est donc l'une des villes les plus sacrée de l'Inde (si ce n'est la plus sacrée). Varanasi est aussi l'une des plus anciennes citées restées habitées du monde. Elle aurait plus de 3000 ans. Il y a près de 100 ghats à Varanasi : des ghats pour les...

Ostatni dzien Lysej na wielkiej wloczedze zostal wykorzystany maksymalnie. Lzy pojawily sie juz poprzedzajacego wieczoru ale to chyba byla tylko ich zapowiedz. Ciezko nazwac to co zrobilismy rano wstaniem ale poderwalismy sie z lozka ok 5.30. Musielismy obudzic kogos z obslugi hotelu ( byla to chyba corka wlasciciela), zeby otworzyla nam (chyba ...

I left Jaglaon and caught a 24 hour train to Varanasi. Varanasi is one of India Holiest towns. In the Hindu religion the Ganges river is a holy river and thousands of pilgrims come here to wash away their sins and to cremate the dead to bring an end to reincarnation. Steeping out of the train station it looks like the population of the whole wor...

Episode last the V Man traveled to Bodhgaya to sit near the site where the Buddha earned his title, i.e. The Awakened, or Enlightened, One. [He became enlightened at the age of 35.] From Bodhgaya the V Man hopped a train for Varanasi, the Hindu holy city which sits on the banks of the Ganges. Arriving at Varanasi in the early evening, the V Man ...