Namaste, first of all say that is not being easy to write the blog, the light here in Varanasi almost no, very little hours a day, yesterday when I tried to write the little time left and it takes like 2 hours in return, connections are very slow and I have problems to download the photos, but hey do what we can so that we see if the light holds.
The train ride was uneventful, we were in steerage, or three bunks on each side and two more in the hall, we play a compartment with very nice people, a mother with her child, a one girl, two boys alone and what would come to be an executive jajajjaja that character with his briefcase, all the while belching, rubbing his feet and chewing paan (a kind of snuff). 
Although the train was crowded air conditioning was so high that even for something cold. We had bought some bread to make Burgos Jamoncito sandwichises of that as we knew, ole ole. Are happening all the time selling chai (tea), coffee, biscuits, water and junk food groups. This time to avoid what happened last year in China got along locks for backpacks and zippers delas safety cord used to padlock the bike, so all good sealing and holding on to one of the bars of the litter, even so wrapping it with a blanket and pillow, to say that we go in the bunk top. The trip reportedly lasted 13 hours, but were almost 15, it was quite fun because we were most of the time sleeping. At first before I start the train to smoke a cigarette and told me I was banned throughout the train, joderrrrr, Beatrice's say, 13 hours without smoking gives me something ........... !!!!!!!!!, but after an hour I see 2 guys with a pack of snuff in his hand, and now i say to Beatrice, I went after them and see that between cars and light a cigarette as the saying When in Rome do what you see as uffffffffffff ........... than good. 
Two hours to reach Varanasi opened one of the doors between cars and did some photo of the fields and villages we passed, almost everything from cereal fields, people working by hand and all smaller towns that castile and all of adobe. Upon arriving at the station 25000 people wanting to get out all at once, asking a few things to mother and child tells us that accompany us where someone has to tell us, so we can follow it as among the people. 
Upon exiting the station quickly approach us to offer toc toc (rick saw), the final bargaining with one for 50 rupees (1 euro = 60 rupees) leads to the Guest House Vishnu is one of the come in the guide, by the way Saints began to see the burden of people and animals all types of vehicles trying to go all together, when there is traffic jam police solve it quickly, get your walking sticks and shaking will not look anything that puts them through, scares him during the interrogation typical way, where you are, how many days you are in India, and also we begins to tell this super grateful to the English because her son had serious heart problems cost him 4000 euros and the operation and that a English doctor and thank him for free I operate on is still alive, then made a stop to tell us that he knew a hotel was fine, with garden, very cool and room for 250 rupees, he said it very well but first wanted to see the guide, we reach a point that can not follow the toc toc, and streets that are very narrow, Beatriz remains with the backpacks and I'm going to see the guest house. After going through labyrinthine streets full of cows, 
that sometimes you could not go because the cow, or you, very dilapidated temple and other miscellaneous garbage everywhere we got to see for the first time Visnus the Ganges, this flow is very low and only 200 meters wide aprosimadamente in monsoon season has more than one kilometer. The room ufff I teach, I do not like, no air conditioning, very dirty and the bathroom better not ask me the story and over 400 rupees and room, so I say to the knock knock let's see which says on the way to where Beatrice tells me of another guest, 
so entered him, nor convince me, because it requires 300 but very dirty and hot in the room, ahhhhh I have not said that today we have 42 degrees with humidity, as you see we are nice and cool all day sweating like chickens, not the gallons of water that we stuck, joerrrr (gerard, I promise you less than in Nicaragua), but it's hard to walk down the street and at night the temperature drops very little. Well where I was going to ....... yeah, because in this guest house I go to the restaurant, for all these areas is typical that hotel restaurants are in the roof, and there I meet with 3 English, total I start chatting with them and tell me that I did not stay in this guest house, they go elsewhere and step Prent Varanasi different things, and with the same lame to the knock knock and go where it was Beatriz as between bells and whistles took a long time. When you get the story what is and what I've heard and say to the toc toc take us that he would say. 
When you open the door and seated like the truth is that we gave a good impression and also you could see a little chilly, we went to the reception and show us a room with bathroom inside and giant fan above the bed, but not has a / c, the hitacion and bathrooms are good, we asked 350 rupees, I say that the toc toc has told us that 250 and the guy laughs, calls to the toc toc (we have taken that in addition to a / c), and says no, with a / c no less than 600, we say that well, but where is the room of 250, and Beatriz will see it and not like, so we say the first qeu by 300, gives us the key and leave the backpacks, we stick a piece of shower ufffff, as if we the nirvana of the Hindus, hehe. After we returned to reception and gave us a tour to see the 4 temples of Varanasi, the tour boat an hour at sunset to watch the ceremonies and cremations, and then the next day morning at 5:30 hours ma, ana another boat ride another hour to see the sunrise from the Ganges, so asked us 250 rupees each, we said we were going to think and how much we charged for rather than an hour by boat were two and tells us that over Rs 50 each. We decided to go for a walk in the streets even if the sun hits that even the birds fall, tells us how to go to the nearest gaht to see the Ganges. 
Although the train was crowded air conditioning was so high that even for something cold. We had bought some bread to make Burgos Jamoncito sandwichises of that as we knew, ole ole. Are happening all the time selling chai (tea), coffee, biscuits, water and junk food groups. This time to avoid what happened last year in China got along locks for backpacks and zippers delas safety cord used to padlock the bike, so all good sealing and holding on to one of the bars of the litter, even so wrapping it with a blanket and pillow, to say that we go in the bunk top. The trip reportedly lasted 13 hours, but were almost 15, it was quite fun because we were most of the time sleeping. At first before I start the train to smoke a cigarette and told me I was banned throughout the train, joderrrrr, Beatrice's say, 13 hours without smoking gives me something ........... !!!!!!!!!, but after an hour I see 2 guys with a pack of snuff in his hand, and now i say to Beatrice, I went after them and see that between cars and light a cigarette as the saying When in Rome do what you see as uffffffffffff ........... than good. 
Two hours to reach Varanasi opened one of the doors between cars and did some photo of the fields and villages we passed, almost everything from cereal fields, people working by hand and all smaller towns that castile and all of adobe. Upon arriving at the station 25000 people wanting to get out all at once, asking a few things to mother and child tells us that accompany us where someone has to tell us, so we can follow it as among the people. 
Upon exiting the station quickly approach us to offer toc toc (rick saw), the final bargaining with one for 50 rupees (1 euro = 60 rupees) leads to the Guest House Vishnu is one of the come in the guide, by the way Saints began to see the burden of people and animals all types of vehicles trying to go all together, when there is traffic jam police solve it quickly, get your walking sticks and shaking will not look anything that puts them through, scares him during the interrogation typical way, where you are, how many days you are in India, and also we begins to tell this super grateful to the English because her son had serious heart problems cost him 4000 euros and the operation and that a English doctor and thank him for free I operate on is still alive, then made a stop to tell us that he knew a hotel was fine, with garden, very cool and room for 250 rupees, he said it very well but first wanted to see the guide, we reach a point that can not follow the toc toc, and streets that are very narrow, Beatriz remains with the backpacks and I'm going to see the guest house. After going through labyrinthine streets full of cows, 
that sometimes you could not go because the cow, or you, very dilapidated temple and other miscellaneous garbage everywhere we got to see for the first time Visnus the Ganges, this flow is very low and only 200 meters wide aprosimadamente in monsoon season has more than one kilometer. The room ufff I teach, I do not like, no air conditioning, very dirty and the bathroom better not ask me the story and over 400 rupees and room, so I say to the knock knock let's see which says on the way to where Beatrice tells me of another guest, 
so entered him, nor convince me, because it requires 300 but very dirty and hot in the room, ahhhhh I have not said that today we have 42 degrees with humidity, as you see we are nice and cool all day sweating like chickens, not the gallons of water that we stuck, joerrrr (gerard, I promise you less than in Nicaragua), but it's hard to walk down the street and at night the temperature drops very little. Well where I was going to ....... yeah, because in this guest house I go to the restaurant, for all these areas is typical that hotel restaurants are in the roof, and there I meet with 3 English, total I start chatting with them and tell me that I did not stay in this guest house, they go elsewhere and step Prent Varanasi different things, and with the same lame to the knock knock and go where it was Beatriz as between bells and whistles took a long time. When you get the story what is and what I've heard and say to the toc toc take us that he would say. 
When you open the door and seated like the truth is that we gave a good impression and also you could see a little chilly, we went to the reception and show us a room with bathroom inside and giant fan above the bed, but not has a / c, the hitacion and bathrooms are good, we asked 350 rupees, I say that the toc toc has told us that 250 and the guy laughs, calls to the toc toc (we have taken that in addition to a / c), and says no, with a / c no less than 600, we say that well, but where is the room of 250, and Beatriz will see it and not like, so we say the first qeu by 300, gives us the key and leave the backpacks, we stick a piece of shower ufffff, as if we the nirvana of the Hindus, hehe. After we returned to reception and gave us a tour to see the 4 temples of Varanasi, the tour boat an hour at sunset to watch the ceremonies and cremations, and then the next day morning at 5:30 hours ma, ana another boat ride another hour to see the sunrise from the Ganges, so asked us 250 rupees each, we said we were going to think and how much we charged for rather than an hour by boat were two and tells us that over Rs 50 each. We decided to go for a walk in the streets even if the sun hits that even the birds fall, tells us how to go to the nearest gaht to see the Ganges. 
One stop to tell some history Varanasi or Benares: Benares (Varanasi official name) is a city of 2,000,000 inhabitants (2005 ) in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India . Located on the banks of river Ganges , is the holiest city of Hinduism . It is the oldest living city in the world. Today, Varanasi is considered the holiest city and the main point of pilgrimage for Hindus. The holy city status comes from the belief that one of the five heads of the god Brahma rest got to come to this city. Moreover, according to Hinduism, the left hand of Sati, one of the incarnations of God Shiva fell at Benares. Each of these gods has his own temple in the city.
According to Hinduism, all who die in Varanasi or within forty miles of the city, is freed from the cycle of reincarnation and goes straight into the Nirvana . Bathing in the Ganges River purifiers are also considered sins. In addition, all Hindu should visit at least once in their life Varanasi.
According to Hinduism, all who die in Varanasi or within forty miles of the city, is freed from the cycle of reincarnation and goes straight into the Nirvana . Bathing in the Ganges River purifiers are also considered sins. In addition, all Hindu should visit at least once in their life Varanasi.
The main destination of pilgrims visiting the city are the ghats, the name given to the stone steps leading down to the Ganges. At dawn, you can see men and women doing their purifying baths in the river while paying tribute to the sun god, Surya. Each of these steps, built in the eighteenth century has a name and a special function. The Manikarnika and Harishchandra ghats are the major crematoria. In Panchaganga ghat are believed to five sacred rivers converge. In total, the city of Varanasi has over 100 ghats. When passing through this city on the Ganges River has a significant degree of contamination.
We approach the nearest Ghat and Ganges finally had the truth before the two of us had imagined a much more mighty river but maybe being in the hot season flow is much lower than when they begin the season of rains . We sat a while since I was in the shade and chatted in English with a guy who was there, at the end of the stairs and on the banks of the Ganges had a woman washing clothes by hand in the river, but without using soap. After a while we went for a stroll through the narrow streets that at least we had shade and realized that the bins in this area are nonexistent, and trash piles in the corners where you go. We arrived at the ruins of a temple who explained the British had burned down when they came to India. As we heat pressed by a hostel and went to buy water and I decided to stay to eat. The Lord of the reception gave us a full interrogation Indian style: where are ye, when ye come Varanasi, where you go ........ after good all to get to where we had stayed and how much it cost us if we wanted change and were happy to greet us.
When we eat we urge you to tell us the direction to go to the main ghat and the very kind gentleman accompanied us until one of them the way we saw a very curious pilgrims' hostel is that many pilgrims come here have nothing and that's where they stay. In the shelters can not smoke, you can not take drugs and a whole lot more of this style but above all it was funny that you can not wash clothes with soap.
We also for a hospital that has a congregation of Mother Teresa to reach a very large ghat is one of the crematoria. This means that here and burn in piles of wood that make the bodies, that is continuing to say that we were seeing a pile of wood to burn the body when I get another corpse. The ritual is so sacred that strongly requested not to do Jorge photos and the truth was so surprising that it made them. It is a ritual and is not for everyone since it takes 350 kilos of wood for each cadaver, the sandalwood is the most sacred stop them costs 400 rupees a kilo, normal wood must walk for 10 rupees a kilo. A ceremony complete with normal wood comes out and we were told 5000 Rs. And apart Wood is to make an offering and a male relative of the deceased have to bathe in the Ganges River after the entire head shaved and dressed entirely in white, once again so has to go down the Ganges where the body is already in the stack wood and on.
The ritual is truly awful but does not live near such an impression, certainly the deceased women stay at home crying. After contemplating this, our companion on the reception of the hotel was but it came his brother told us some of the things that you're writing and it took us to see and do in the weaving and Indian saris that have Varanasi so famous that it is assumed that every woman wants to have a sari india made in Varanasi.
is handmade and looms before, it is curious to see each design is a different pattern and each safi difficult to do around 22 hours but if you want something special obviously much more.
Our friend explained it to us took us to his house and taught us, or a lot of saris even forced me to wear one. Taught us all blankets and shawls in silk and all very Indian. The truth we said we were not interested in buying anything but insisted the final pieces of silk sack us by the meter and well the truth that interested us most, a bit to snap out of it and another post we had to see if the price was well we told him we called him to tell where we were concerned.
From there we ask you to accompany them to find someone to give us aterdecer a boat trip and returned to the crematorium where we get a boat to the price that a English girl and we had been told it is 25 rupees per person per hour.
The tour lasted two hours and until we became quite dark but we walk through the different viewing Ganges ghat and arrived at another crematorium where the ritual was exactly as we had seen in the previous.
The ride was great and George atadecer swelled take pictures of the ghat and all involved a walk along the Ganges to believe that a lot. The ferryman back even accompanied us to the hostel. Attempt to connect to internet but it was impossible: first in the hostel did not work and computers in an internet after the light is gone after a while. While waiting to return to find two boys Catalans who were talking and we had a great time (greetings to them if they read the blog and that you enjoy your trip and your project). As the light did not come in for nothing so back to the hostel and see if we could get someone to give us something to eat since the entire city is dark.
The hostel had a somewhat unpleasant time with the guy who had not wanted to sell the tour and that is not anything you did for us grace that we were on our own and discuss it with all those who were staying. He wanted a boat ride the next day we hired him in (the price is double that we had gotten that later.) Is more even persuaded a Japanese girl to talk to us so that tomorrow we hired him on (in short I could not believe) was so unpleasant that we change the same hostel but good. We also understand that does not make money if you do not hire the tour, since the hostel is not hers and will commission as we explain a English boy, ol housed in the same hostel. The truth to be shared and those who know us know and we like to do things our own air and not forced.
After dinner nothing to bed because it ma, ana have been to go for a boat ride on the Ganges at 5.30 am.
I hope to bring back many memories hopefully we can publish this soon. Kisses.
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