Varanasi, India
Varanasi sits between the Varuna and Assi rivers and is one of the oldest cities in the world, as old as Jerusalem, Athens, Peking, and Mecca. This is the spiritual center of India with 70 per cent Hindu, 15 Muslim, 5 Buddhist, 5 Christian, and the remaining 5 are Jewish, Jain and others.We had a 4:45 wakeup and left at 5:15 to get back to the Ganges River for sunrise. We took the bus as far as we could and walked the remaining distance. The city was awakening...