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Varanasi (Benares)
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| Home | I spent 9 days here, and loved them all. |
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My guest house room directly overlooked the Ganges River and the ghats (the long bathing areas fronting the river). |
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I awoke every morning to a sunrise like this. |
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My room was one of three along a splendid balcony. Looking to my left, tourist boats are already plying the river |
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And to the right, the fleet of boats, with the ghats extending as far as the boats |
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Just below me, boats linger, surrounded by pigeons, I think |
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All along the ghats there is activity Music... |
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...dancing... |
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...clothes washing... |
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...body washing... |
Curiously, I have no photos of this
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...women gathered in the Indian version of a tupperware party |
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| And not far away are the burning ghats, where cremations take place daily. Photography is strictly forbidden there, and I honored that | |