Well, we took the boat ride on the Ganges ("Mother India") River this morning and saw many interesting things. This is the kind of place that you visit, take photo's to prove you were there, but I can't imagine ever wanting to return. It's very filthy. Really, I'm not kidding. I almost hurled walking through one of the alleyways leading from the ghats along the river to the main road because of all the garbage, smell of urine, cow shit, and flies etc. I know it's a holy river, but it is pretty gross watching people bathe in the filthy river next to piles of garbage. We also saw a few temples, but only one allows non-hindu's inside, and can't take pictures inside also.
We saw burning ghats too (cremation site). They dump the ashes (or perhaps whatever didn't burn thoroughly?) in the river too. No photo's allowed at the burning ghats.
Can't post photo's from here anyway unfortunately, but will hope to update a few pics from Bahktapur Nepal, Chitwan NP, and Varanasi if possible from our hotel in Kahjuraho tomorrow evening. Long (6 hour) train ride to get there tomorrow.... that should also be interesting... Hopefully we can get a rickshaw to take our bags to where our driver will pick us up to take us to the train and we won't have to drag our bags 1/2 mile down the street tomorrow morning.
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