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Varanasi - The Holiest City in all of the Land
A 90 minute plane flight and 40 minute cab ride later, Benji, Rachel, Fuj and I arrived at our Palace on Ganges hotel in the Holy Hindu City of Varanasi - on the Banks of the Ganges River aka "Mother Ganga" aka "Mother Ganja" aka "River of Ganja"...We're immediately picked up by two teenage boys who look more like 12 year olds than 18 year olds. …
The Holy City
This is a top pick! Wow- where do I begin? This is by far my favorite place we've visited. Varanasi is the spiritual center for Hindus- you know the pictures of people walking down the ghats (steps) to bathe in the sacred River Ganges. The religious practices and spiritual rituals don't really speak to me. Varanasi is also one of the poorest regions of India and …
Varanasi Part 1 - The Raw and the Ritual
Hold on, we're going in!
All the things we heard about India came to life before our eyes in Varanasi – and so much more.
As we headed into Varanasi (Ver-a-nassy), the most sacred city in Hinduism, a gnarled maze of traffic hit us first, showing up even Delhi. What likely would have been a 20-minute drive, was an …
Varanasi Part 2 - Beyond the Ganges
Varanasi is like a good thriller movie – just when you think you have the plot nailed, everything changes and you've got to get your head around it. But it all fits.
Beyond the streets in the old town by the Ganges, Varanasi has many other faces that make her the amazing place she is.
A tuk tuk tour of the nearby …
Deeply Confused in Varanasi, India
Greetings from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Varanasi is a 4,000-year-old city, and is the spiritual capital of Hinduism. This post is about our first evening here.We arrived yesterday afternoon, after taking three flights from Udaipur. The flights were uneventful except for Tallulah and me spilling a glass of apple juice on the hand luggage of …
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