Day 46 & 47: Varnasi, Uttar Pradesh

Day 46: Varnasi in the state of Uttar Pradesh, is a bit more relaxed than Delhi. Relaxed pretty much the day. Ended up meeting a nice British girl, who I had dinner with.

Varnasi- city of Shiva (God of Destruction). It is one of the holiest cities in India. Hindu pilgrims come wash all their sins in the Ganges. It's where the most intimate rituals of life and death take place in public on the city's famous ghats.

Day 47: Took a boat tour of the ghats along the ganges. Saw many people bathing, washing their clothes in the ganges river. It was quite a sight to see. Then headed to some other temples. Then headed to Sarnath about 10km from Varnasi, where Buddha preached his first sermon after finding enlightenment. Buddha was a Hindu prince that lived in India in the state of Bihar he rejected the Hindu religion and formed Buddhism. Headed back to the Ghats to check out the nightly scene. They had puja's along the ghats and we even saw a body burnning. Ghats means steps leading down to the Ganges river. It was amazing to see the buildings as they were 1,000 of years old. Varnasi is considered to be one of the oldest cities in the world.