Ten Fast Facts in Varanasi
Where: Hotel Temple, Assi Ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, india
When: 28 Feb 05 – 6 Mar 05
How: Evening train from Siliguri
Why: Holy city
What: Boat rides along the Ganges river, hindu altars and temples, the ritual of bodies burning, buddhist ruins at the historic place where Buddha first preached, markets of indian clothes/jewellery, reiki treatments and indian head massage. . .
Who: Mostly solo, a few days with my aunt Di, a few times hanging out with the french girls i met in Sikkim, a few dates with a local Brahmin boy
Loving: Zen cows in the middle of a chaotic street
Hating: Dishonest, sleazy rickshaw drivers (this describes most)
Listening to: Tori Amos and the Hindi hits
Reading: V.S Naipaul’s iNDiA
Tags: India
March 8th, 2005 at 11:20 am
here to from the 6th of march?
ps: listening to a tricky album which sounds like a mixture between tori and hindi hits…