Posted by harald on January 13, 2011 in
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Hundreds of paper kites fly over Ganges in Varanasi. It is the little boys who send them up from the flat house roofs or from the ghats. Some are just next to the cremation fires and fly their kites high up into the sky. I see some young girls playing hide and seek between the […]
Tags: Calcutta, chicken, cremation fire, food poisoning, Ganges, hide and seek, Indian fast food, paper kites, Puri, Raj, sandy beaches, spokes of the wheel of life, taboo, Varanasi
Posted by harald on January 11, 2011 in
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It is now winter in Varanasi. Last night I was laying under a thin blanket, and woke up numb with cold and felt unwell. There has been little sun lately, and the stone houses here retain the coldness. The marble floor was ice cold when I took a shower to get some warmth, but today […]
Tags: Ganges, Goa, good encounters, ice cold marble floor, journalist from Mexico, Kudle Beach, rickshaw, small alleys and narrow streets, winter in Varanasi