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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Very Nasty! Varanasi A girl trip with Kelly Ernst, Shelly, Megan, and Madeline Stoker

We spent the day walking around the town. Varanasi is know for its embroidery.



We went up the ganges at night to see the funeral pyres, yes these are burning bodies! (most bodies are burned and ashes put into the sacred ganges, if you are pregnant, under 12, bit by a cobra, or a holy man you are wraped and put into the river).We watched a Puja ( a holy ceremony) and light our Diya'sand let them float down the river.



The city was fascinating.Every where you looked there was color and life



We got up very early ( notice the bags under the eyes) to see the sunrise on the ganges, little did we know what else we would see...yes that is a dead body behind maddie. ( love the look on her face) we saw 8 dead bodies in all some dogs were eating WOW!




This was our hotel, lets just say you get what you pay for...10$ was just about right.




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