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After the boat ride, I took a tuk-tuk around the rest of the city, stopping off at various sites along the way. One of the first things I passed was Banaras Hindu University, one of the largest universities in India. |
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New Vishwanath Temple is located on the university's campus. |
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These two students wanted me to take their photo. |
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People use these colourful powders to make bindis on their heads. |
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Passing through dusty streets. |
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Stuck in traffic. |
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I visited a Hare Krishna Temple, though it wasn't as interesting as the one we saw in Delhi. |
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The Monkey Temple. |
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My last stop was a textile factory in the Muslim quarter of the city. |
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The man wasn't pushy like a lot of merchants in India, so I bought a scarf for Angela. |
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Back out on the streets of the Muslim Quarter, people were rounding up goats to be sacrificed for the Eid Al-Adha Festival. |
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I didn't see any goats having their throats cut, but I did see the aftermath in a few places. |
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At dusk, we returned to the river for another boat tour, since it's a slightly different experience compared to dawn. |
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Hundreds of boats gathered around one of the main ghats for a fire ceremony. |
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Befriending a dog from another boat. |
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Returning to our hotel. |
Varanasi was one of the strangest, dirtiest, and most fascinating places either of us have ever been to. We were both a little relieved to get out of there, since our final two destinations in India - Haridwar and Rishikesh - would be a lot cleaner and more accessible.
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