Uttar Pradesh (Varanasi - Agra)
January 7th 2009 Our first stop in Northern India was Varanasi. Varanasi is one of the holiest places in all of India, with thousands of Hindu pilgrims coming each day to bathe in the sacred river, the Ganges (never mind that the faecal colliform levels are absolutely though the roof). Whilst the whole city is absolutely filthy, covered in litter, sewerage and animal by-products, it is also fascinating.
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