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thank god their holy men not women..otherwise we'd have a whole bunch of commemorative dug holes

After a day in Varanasi, I headed out to the nearby other holy city of Sarnath. Sarnath is where the Buddha gave his first speech/sermon/insight (whatever you call it). As befits all holi...whoops holy... men, that spot in a Deer Park is now commemorated by a stupa: a giant pile of stones...

permalink written by  Drie on April 27, 2008 from Varanasi, India
from the travel blog: Adventures in Hindustan



traveling by lonesome rail

Well, its my first day traveling on my own. Originally there weren't supposed to be any of those but long kept plans went to pot when my travel companion Betsey got a very tenacious fever that she couldn't seem to shake. So the day before we were to leave I treked out to the train station to...

permalink written by  Drie on April 25, 2008 from Varanasi, India
from the travel blog: Adventures in Hindustan



Varanasi! Acha!

okokok! After the most famous monument in all of India we go to another famous place and probably the most sacred For all the hindus! Varanasi, where many devout hindu pilgrims come to bathe in the Ganges! and wash away their sins! We had already booked our train to leave Varanasi 2 days...

permalink written by  agnesola on March 17, 2008 from Varanasi, India
from the travel blog: Baby and Baby's around the world travel...



The holy city of Varanasi

We arrived in very hot Varanasi late afternoon and were met by hard working and very friendly Indian touts outside the airport. We negotiated (with about 10 people) a taxi into town, which only actually took us half way into the city as he informed us it was too busy to go all the way to our...

permalink written by  jonnik on January 03, 2008 from Varanasi, India
from the travel blog: Jon & Kenty's Grrrrrand Tour



The Holy City

Mark Twain once wrote about Varanasi "it is older than history and older than time, and it looks twice as old as both of them put together." Varanasi is the holiest place in India, and because of that thousands of people come here to bid fairwell to their loved ones. Every day of the week,...

permalink written by  Greg on June 03, 2007 from Varanasi, India
from the travel blog: Adventures in Curry



Ghats

Got up early and still cold and wet, Megan did some yoga breathing with the guide. Headed of on the boats again for the last leg, the rowers must be really tired one has a big blister on his hand. Our boat arrived at Varanasi about 2pm, shit everywhere, people just come down to the river to...

permalink written by  megankevin on February 08, 2007 from Varanasi, India
from the travel blog: India



Arrival at the oldest hindi town

Arrival to the oldest hindi town was, what can we say..... unique. We arrived by our rowing boats to the local people doing "their business" on the side of the river bank!! A pretty sight! We landed on the river bank next to one of the ghats. A short walk to our hotel and finally a shower -...

permalink written by  James & Tracey on February 08, 2007 from Varanasi, India
from the travel blog: James & Tracey World Tour



Slowly down the Ganges

Ganges was polluted, boat was relaxing

permalink written by  Matt & Ange on February 07, 2007 from Varanasi, India
from the travel blog: Matt & Ange's Travel Blog



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