Shanti town
January 12th 2006 I think today was my earliest rise of the trip so far - 3:20AM. I managed to keep things reasonably warm in the bathroom by pointing the heater at the open doorway. The taxi to Umaria was actually a very comfortable Chevy SUV, so the fact I paid probably 50% more than I should have was less of a sting.
I was the only resident of my 2AC cabin for the journey to Varanasi, and slept for about
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