Day off from driving. In the morning we had a slow start, we took the bus to visit Sarnath, the town where Buddha did his first speech. It was excavated by the British and they found this extraordinary quadruple lion head from the 3rd century BC, now the symbol of India, that we admired at the local museum, with other masterpiece from the 5th to 10th century AD.
The afternoon was more spirited, we used a tricycle powered by a skinny guy while we were sitting on the back, Jacques and I. We went to the edge of the Gange to see some cremations. To get there the road were as crowded as a rock concert but with more noise from all the horns blasting at the same time from all kinds of vehicles.
The afternoon was more spirited, we used a tricycle powered by a skinny guy while we were sitting on the back, Jacques and I. We went to the edge of the Gange to see some cremations. To get there the road were as crowded as a rock concert but with more noise from all the horns blasting at the same time from all kinds of vehicles.
Crowd in the streets
We could hardly move, but we got there. After spending some time at the cremation scene we move down to the river and took a barge that sailed along the banks at we saw the dawn coming on an ever increasing crowd, as if it was possible.
Cremation area
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