A River-ting Day at the Ganges

Kia Ora blog buddies,
Our day began with a splash at the early hour of 5:30am. We all woke up and rushed around to get ready after a night of fairy bread and birthday celebrations for our two birthday candidates Hannah and Kieran. We took a short bus ride north until we hit the edge of the Ganges River. Our bus then magically transformed somewhat like this .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4ts_77N-iM
Ok, maybe not quite like that. We were driven to some narrow windy roads and walked a good 10 minutes until we reached the stairs on which the Ganges river lay. We were thrown in the deep end and had to hop onto an old yet suprisingly spacious wooden row boat accompanied by the wise and knowledgable Mr Dupati. Although we could only see 5 metres around us, the fog gave the experience an almost mystical aura and gave a great opportunity for some self-reflection. We even got to view a Hindu cremation taking place at the famous Ganges cremation site. As the day went flowing by we also visited the second biggest Hindu temple in the world within the campus of the third largest university in India. Some students visited the silk factory in the afternoon to experience one of the last hand-woven silk factories in action. By the of the day, our thoughts and memories were saturated, and our energies run dry. Time for some much-needed R & R (rest and re-hydration).
Love from Eden Roberts and Jesse Bryan
P.S. Big shout outs to Deirdre and Marisa. Peace x0