Mother Ganges, Varanasi
June 17th 2009 We arrived in Varanasi after the longest train journey in the world (42hrs)! The Lonely Planet book warned that as soon as you arrive, you'll be pounced on! This was definitely the case, with rick-shaws and tuk-tuk's fighting to take us to our hotel. They were bidding for our business, and we took the lowest bid. We agreed a price and got into the tuk-tuk. After 10 metres, the driver turned a
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