Varanasi瓦拉纳西
A Sadhu priest more commonly knows as a Hindu holy man on the banks of the Ganges river. 阿萨杜牧师更俗称关于恒河岸边的印度教圣人。
After an initial short and uneventful stay in Delhi I was glad to arrive in Varanasi which happened to be the first destination to really triggered my interest in India.经过最初的短暂平静，在新德里期间我很高兴在瓦腊纳西发生抵达的第一站是真正引发我对印度的利益。 A place where you can experience first hand the magic of being in one of the most spiritual and colorful cities of India.一个地方，你可以亲身体验了在印度最精神，丰富多彩的城市之一，被魔术。 Varanasi is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the holiest for Hindus.瓦拉纳西不断有人居住的城市在世界上最神圣的印度教徒之间的最古老的。 Pilgrims flock here from all over India and beyond to either wash away a lifetime of sins in the river Ganges, cremate their loved ones at the open air burning ghats or live out their final days.朝圣者聚集在印度全国各地和其他地方要么洗去在恒河一生的罪孽，火葬在露天焚烧高止山脉自己的亲人或住其最后的日子。 As it is said that anyone who dies in Varanasi attains instant enlightenment or “moksha” and is liberated from the cycle of reincarnation.正如有人说，谁在瓦腊纳西的人去世满即时启示或“解脱”，是从轮回中解放出来。 I got to encounter just how important the city is to Hindus even before I arrived, as right next to me on the plane from Delhi was an elderly couple where the wife was caring for her terminally ill husband which didn't seem to have much more than a few days to live and wished to go die there.我得到遇到多么重要城市，是印度教徒，甚至在我到达之前，因为旁边的飞机从印度对我是一对老夫妻，妻子对她的照顾身患绝症的丈夫似乎并没有影响要大得多超过几天的生活，并希望去死在那里。
Varanasi is rather small and all it's points of interest are within walking distance so all you really need to do is meander through the alleys of the old city and go on a stroll along the Ghats of the Ganges river and let yourself be absorbed by the experience.瓦拉纳西是相当小，一切的兴趣点在步行距离内，使你真正需要做的是通过漫步老城区的大街小巷，并继续漫步沿恒河高止，让自己被吸收的经验。 For those who might wonder ghats are a series of stone steps that lead down to the water which the city consists of an endless series of but before deciding to jump in for purification bath with the other average 60000 daily pilgrims, remember that on this same 7 KM stretch there are 30 sewers discharging heavy polluting into the river.对于那些谁可能会问，高止山脉是一石阶，导致下来的水该城由一个永无休止的一系列决定之前跳的净化与其他朝圣者平均每日60000浴，记得在这同7系列公里长的有30个污水排放到河流重污染。 While the World Health Organization suggests bathing water should have no more than 500 bacteria per 100mL; the Ganges has 1.5 million bacteria for the same quantity of water making it septic so think twice!虽然世界卫生组织建议洗澡应不超过500每100毫升细菌;恒河有150万水同样使化粪池，使细菌数量三思！
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But best be warned that Varanasi has also a darker side and boats the reputation of being 2nd only to Agra's Taj Mahal for the amount of unscrupulous touts, con-men and swindlers roaming around.但最好是警告说，瓦腊纳西也有一个黑暗的一面和小船被第二的不良吹捧，棍，骗子流连街头，只等于阿格拉的泰姬陵声誉。 As the moment you leave the sanctity of your guesthouse or hotel you will be bombarded with all sorts of offers and questions: Massage?正如当你离开你的旅馆或酒店您将与优惠和各种问题，轰炸的神圣：按摩？ Where you go?你去哪儿？ Boat ride?坐船？ Ganja?甘贾？ Where you from?你来自哪里？ give money?把钱？ Buy me candy?我买糖果？ How are you?您好吗？ Need Rickshaw?需要人力车？ Cab?驾驶室？ Visit my shop?访问我的商店？ Souvenirs?纪念品？ Silk shop?丝绸商店？ Sari shop?纱丽店？ Hungry?饿了吗？ Tour?旅游？ Though they are not nasty or threatening this might get on your nerves but eventually tell yourself that after ignoring them long enough they'll pick on the next fresh tourist meat that's arrived.他们虽不是恶劣的，或者威胁，这可能让你的神经，但最终告诉自己，经过足够长的忽视他们，他们就会选择下一个新鲜肉类游客的到来。
