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Hi All
thanks for your comments, great hearing from you.
our last day of delhi we spent at Akshardam temple, with was pretty cool. its a massive hindu temple, quite modern but loads of intricate detail on the building for the gods and elephants. inside the temple was all white marble and full of detail aswell. Sorry but we wernt allowed to take any photos so you will have to go online to see!...or go yourself haha
the temple is surrounded by walls, and water that had all the different holy rivers in it. you had to take your shoes off inside the temple!
that night we left for Varanasi- and had to run for the train, think my watch was wrong! managed to get it on time. we slept on the 2 top bunks and had two indian snoring men below us fun! and every ten minutes sum1 came round offering food/drink. CHAI CHAI or COFEEEEE COFEEEEE. didnt sleep much on the train(elisa) coz i needed a wee and didnt wana go squatting, but in the end i had to! Tom couldnt stretch out his legs so he didnt sleep much.
in the morning as i looked out the window of the train you could see indian people going about their everyday lives, washing clothes in a puddle, squatting and going to the loo in the middle of a field...as you do. (i tried to take a photo but they wa far away)
Varanasi is a lot more peaceful and laid back, we are staying right by the Ganges and the balcony looks out on to it. our first day we explored the place, walking along the Ghats. we walked over to the buring ghats- where dead people are cremated and the leftover bodies are put into the river (the same river where people drink, wash, and swim in). it goes on 24/7 people getting cremated, so that the dead can go to heaven. we were forced to give money to them as this annoying brown teethed indian wa talking to us about it. and his face sed it all wen we only gave him 30p haha. ungreatful man!
went on a boat ride down the river also, which was nice at sunset. saw the Aarti ceremony, which is where they ssay a prayer to the god Ganga. tom found it interesting. ELisa found it random- bunch of people ringing bells and singing all at the same time but at different rythms.lol then i got bitten! thats because i didnt put y Skin so Soft onto the heel of my foot.
that night, elisa couldnt sleep and was sick TWICE! stupid green fake veggie korma! and now im all weak and aching today, its not been nice. dunoo if its delhi belly or malaria lol...we shall see wen i speak to the docs later hahaha. (dont worry mamma im getting better already so im sure it wont be serious)
hows england? wots weather like and wots this about a tsunami in indonesia? no other crazy things happening where we are goiing is ther? got one more day in Varanasi, then we leave for Khajuraho tomorrow nite on another sleeper train. we in Khajuraho for a day, with no accommodation so we may be lugging our bags around the whole day
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