Varanasi

After Agra, mi next stop in India was Varanasi, one of the seven holly cities for hindus, famous in the world due to its Gaths, that rest over the Ganga river. The first thing that surprises me in the city was its placement. I was expecting a city in both sides of the river, but just in the west side is placed the city. Over the east, just a huge beach of white sand.
After the war with the ricksaws, get to my hotel and rest a little bit I took a path around the city, following the Ghats. What I felt during this path was the the Ghats are the equivalent in Varanasi to the parks in Europe. Teenagers play criquet. Adults sit and talk . Yes, the city has its narrow streets full of markets and shops with muslims, but is in the Ghats where the soul of the city lies. Also in the Ghats, are the two crematories, where tourist can go and wacth, even from balconies donating money to charities, but never making photograpies, for respect to the families and religious ceremonies.
The next morning, I woke up soon to go in a boat around the Ghats during one hour and a half, with the sunrise, the moment in which all the hindus wish to take a bath. As soon as I arrived to the Ghat I saw hundreds of young people ready to make yoga under the directions of a Guru. Once in hte river, I could sdee how slowly more and more hindus were coming to take the sacre aily bath. What that I thought as a religious ceremony was being undertaken as a party everywhere, with a lot of joy, laughs, thousands of conversations, prayers and bells from the temples. the city was full of life, in its own daily party.
Besides the Ghats, Varanasi is like nay other indian city. Full of chaos, with small narrows streets full of shops with a lot of traffic and smoke. In India, p[eople doesn't have any idea of urbane culture. Inthe streets the smell of fuel is mixed wit hthe one of stool and urine. Due to the amount of tourist that arrive every year, also the cycle-ricksaws and averyone that works in the touristic sector will just trye to deceive you and get money from you.