Yesterday evening was interesting cruising around the Ghats along the Ganges river. We started pretty much in the middle (where all the boat and massage touts are) and worked our way north to the cremation Ghat where we sat and watched the cremations for almost an hour. Then we worked our way back to where we started to see a ceremony for the dead. It was a pretty long and amazing spectacle, and even more amazing in the fact that it's performed every night. Thousands of people gather to see it, and it was absolutely worth it. When I get a chance I'll attach a picture of it to this post.
Unfortunately it seems like the same old story of whenever we want to go somewhere, there is no means to do it. We couldn't get a night train to Delhi tonight like we wanted to, so we have to wait one more day in Varanasi to catch a 7pm 12 hour train to Delhi tomorrow. On the plus side, it seems my sickness is rebounding so hopefully by the time I get to Delhi I'll be back in action.
Very cool picture of the ceremonies, quite the experience.
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