Varanasi, India


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June 14th 2009
Published: July 4th 2009
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Took a short flight to Varanasi, the sacred city of the Hindus aka city of light, and so far, I think it's one of my favorite places in India. Manageable and less crowded albeit that it's Sunday and there's not much traffic on Sundays. After we settled into our hotel and rested a little, we headed out to the Ganges River to take a boat ride. Ghats of Ganga are perhaps the holiest spots of Varanas... Read Full Entry



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Kids were swimming up to our boat and we were trying not to get splashed w/ the, uhm, water.
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You can see the smaller crematorium in the distance and a body waiting to be burned.
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The famous crematory, Manikarnika Ghat.



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