Morning view from our hotel roof top restaurant
The "burning Ghat"
Mosque
The "burning Ghat"
Mosque
Yesterday I found a little shade atop one of the smaller ghats.
Kids swimming in the strong current of the Ganga
people doing puja at the water's edge
Brahmins lounging on platforms under large umbrellas
dogs, goats and cows wandering about looking for scraps
a man trying to sell me a palm reading
Last night we were pointed out the government drug shop - opium, hash, marijuana. By way of explanation, we were told, "This is okay. Varanasi is a holy city."
I went to my balcony and witnessed dozens of monkeys leaping from balcony to building to temple roof - a veritable monkey playground.
Noah and I spent today exploring the entire breadth of Varanasi ghats. We took a bicycle rickshaw to the southern most ghat, then hired a boat to take us down river to the northern most ghat, then walked back along the ghats as far as we could, then made our way through the alley ways to our hotel.
Kids swimming in the strong current of the Ganga
people doing puja at the water's edge
Brahmins lounging on platforms under large umbrellas
dogs, goats and cows wandering about looking for scraps
a man trying to sell me a palm reading
Last night we were pointed out the government drug shop - opium, hash, marijuana. By way of explanation, we were told, "This is okay. Varanasi is a holy city."
I went to my balcony and witnessed dozens of monkeys leaping from balcony to building to temple roof - a veritable monkey playground.
Noah and I spent today exploring the entire breadth of Varanasi ghats. We took a bicycle rickshaw to the southern most ghat, then hired a boat to take us down river to the northern most ghat, then walked back along the ghats as far as we could, then made our way through the alley ways to our hotel.
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