Varanasi, India
Another theme this trip was characterised by was travel. We needed to cover a lot of ground therefore wake-up calls before 6am were the norm. Travel took the form of public bus, taxi, boat or train and was alwasy uncomfortable and for 4-8 hour stretches. This compounded the issue of a lack of toilets en route. When they were available (which was infrequently) they were discusting and 'squat' toilets. When toilets were not available you just had to find a bus...