After being frisked 5 times before boarding the plane (due to some high profile guy being on our flight) we arrived in Varanasi. Having been here once before I can still describe it as an "interesting sh*thole", no visit to India is complete without it however. We were told to just walk "straight" to find our guest house, which is common advice given by most Indians. In fact a couple of boys wanting baksheesh guided us through narrow alleys of urine, faeces, cows, rats and scooters to our guesthouse on the Ganges. The guys at Ajay's guest house were massive rip off merchants so do not stay here! This actually started a trend when we were travelling through North India which actually became tiresome...Anyway! The location was great, being right above Raj Ghat (one of the
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