Varanasi (Benares)

 

Home I spent 9 days here, and loved them all.
 

 

My guest house room directly overlooked the Ganges River and the ghats (the long bathing areas fronting the river).

 

 

  I awoke every morning to a sunrise like this.

 

 

My room was one of three along a splendid balcony.

Looking to my left, tourist boats are already plying the river

 

 

And to the right, the fleet of boats, with the ghats extending as far as the boats

 

 

 

Just below me, boats linger, surrounded by pigeons, I think

 

 

 

All along the ghats there is activity

Music...

 

 

 

...dancing...

 

 

 

...clothes washing...

 

 

...body washing...

 

 

Curiously, I have no photos of this

 

 

 

...women gathered in the Indian version of a tupperware party

And not far away are the burning ghats, where cremations take place daily.  Photography is strictly forbidden there, and I honored that

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