Varanasi瓦拉納西
A Sadhu priest more commonly knows as a Hindu holy man on the banks of the Ganges river. 阿薩杜牧師更俗稱印度教聖人對銀行的恒河。
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.經過最初的短暫平靜留在新德里我很高興抵達瓦拉納西的正好是第一個目的地，真正引起我的興趣在印度。 A place where you can experience first hand the magic of being in one of the most spiritual and colorful cities of India.一個地方，你可以親身體驗神奇的是在一個最豐富多彩的城市精神和印度。 Varanasi is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the holiest for Hindus.瓦拉納西是最古老的連續居住的城市在世界上最神聖的印度教徒。 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.朝聖者湧向這裡，全印度及以後要么洗去一生的罪孽在河流恒河，火化自己的親人在露天焚燒高止山脈或活出的最後幾天。 As it is said that anyone who dies in Varanasi attains instant enlightenment or “moksha” and is liberated from the cycle of reincarnation.正如有人說，人誰死在瓦拉納西滿即時啟示或“解脫”，是擺脫週期輪迴。 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.我得到遇到多麼重要城市，是印度教徒，甚至在我到達之前，作為我的旁邊的飛機從德里是一對老夫婦在妻子的照顧，她身患絕症的丈夫，這似乎沒有更多的有超過幾天的生活，並希望去死在那裡。
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.瓦拉納西是相當小，所有它的興趣點都在步行距離，你真正需要做的是通過小巷漫步在老城區，站上1漫步高止山脈的恒河和讓自己吸收的經驗。 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.對於那些誰可能會問，高止山脈是一系列的石階，導致下來的水該城由一個永無休止的一系列決定之前跳淨化沐浴在與其他平均每日60000朝聖者，記得在這同7公里長的有30個重污染污水排放入河。 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!雖然世界衛生組織建議洗澡應不超過500細菌每100毫升;恒河有150萬細菌相同數量的水使化糞池等三思！
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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.但最好是警告說，瓦臘納西亦擁有一個黑暗面的聲譽和船隻被第二只阿格拉的泰姬陵的數額不良吹捧，棍，騙子漫遊左右。 As the moment you leave the sanctity of your guesthouse or hotel you will be bombarded with all sorts of offers and questions: Massage?正如當你離開你的神聖賓館或酒店您將轟擊各種提議和問題：按摩？ Where you go?你去哪兒？ Boat ride?坐船？ Ganja?甘賈？ Where you from?你來自哪裡？ give money?把錢？ Buy me candy?我買糖果？ How are you?您好嗎？ Need Rickshaw?需要人力車？ Cab?駕駛室？ Visit my shop?訪問我的商店？ Souvenirs?紀念品？ Silk shop?絲綢商店？ Sari shop?紗麗店？ Hungry?餓了嗎？ Tour?旅遊？ 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.他們雖不是惡劣的，或者威脅，這可能讓你的神經，但最終告訴自己，經過足夠長的忽視他們，他們就會選擇下一個新鮮肉類遊客的到來。
