On to Varanasi

I haven't posted since being in India last December and since I am getting ready to travel again I decided I need to reactivate this blog and finish off some comments about the last legs of our India trip.

From Agra we took the overnight train (November 26) Varanasi which is a holy city along the Ganges. It is another very dirty and polluted city where it is believed that if one comes here to die, one will achieve enlightenment upon death. It is a popular place for terminally ill people.

Varanasi Crematoria

We saw open air cremations taking place along the river and at first it was a bit surreal. But, it is just a part of life here and everyday in the late afternoon the days dead are cremated in this way.




Bathers on the Ganges












Varanasi Laundromat




We spent three full days here before moving onward.