Varanasi India
After a wonderful week in Kathmandu we took a one hour Indian Airlines flight to Varanasi, India. After an Indian Airlines flight from Kathmandu was hijacked a few years ago they just love to paw through your luggage a dozen times, even out on the tarmac. We checked into our lovely Palace on the Ganges hotel, right on Assi Ghat, and went up to the roof for a candlelight dinner to launch our Indian end of the trip. The next morning it was down a few steps to the Ghat to engage a boatman at 5am for a ride up and back on the Ganges at sunrise.
A salesman selling his wares.
Many of the huge building were built by the maharajas during the Raj era.
One of the larger ghats where many people rent boats.
Another seller.
A wisp of smoke from a recent cremation.
The yellow bits of fabric are from recent cremations. Yellow is the traditional color for burials.
Temples along the river.
A swimmer. There are numerous sewers emptying into the river.
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