Varanasi, no matter where you look, offers you incredible architecture and scenes Indian life in the raw next walk along the Ghats never fails to be entertaining and thought provoking.
Far less entertaining are the hordes of hustlers and myriads of peddlers who swarm around every tourist like flies.
In my few days here, I've lost count of the number of shops I've been invited to just look at, the rickshaw rides if not today maybe tomorrow, the boat rides for sunrise sunset or even midday (ew). I've been offered, silks, cosmetics, toys, haircuts, massage, fortune telling, hash and even prostitutes. All this on a single walk along the river.
These guys target you one after the other and follow you like your shadow. Never letting go until the next hustler is ready to move in.
In spite of all that, it's still a magical place and we'll worth the effort. And me being me I just had to end with two feet deep in the Ganges mud.
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