We arrived into the most Holy Hindu city on earth at 4.45am on an overnight train from Lucknow. We walked along the ghats next to the River Ganga, ate and drank in rooftop restaurants overlooking the Ganga and explored the narrow alleyways behind the river. I was so busy looking at everything I stepped in the biggest pile of cow poo. Pete was so busy telling me what I needed to do, that he also stepped in a big sloppy cow pat! It made my day.
We watched a Hindu aarti ceremony next to the river at sunset with hundreds of other people.
The next morning we went on a rowing boat on the river at sunrise and watched the local people and devout Hindus from across the world praying, swimming, washing their hair, doing laundry and playing in the river.
We couldn't resist going to one very honest restaurant which proclaimed on its signboard "yes, we are less dirty" !!! We also went for a tour of the enormous university buildings and chewed Varanasi paan which made our lips and tongue red.
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