khaike paan banaras wala :D

Arrey bhang ka rang jamaa ho chakaa chak
Phir lo paan chabaay

Arrey aisa jhatka, lage jiya pe
Punar janam hoi jaay

O khaaike paan banaaras wala 
Khul jaaye band akal kaa taala

Phir to aisa kare kamaal
Seedhi kar de sabki chaal

This song always starts playin in my mind whenevr i remember my trip to Benares ..
What a trip .. Simply Awesome ..
Sisters Wedding doubled up the FUN ..

Travelling in train n eieeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkks that too in II class sleeper for almost 28 hrs ..
it was nice as it was night time .. but as the darkness was getting shooed away by bright sun light ..
Train took the shape of oven and we looked like some Stinking Pigs in for bake ..
alll the while in afternoon in afternoon i was in serious COMA .. just waiting for evening to come ..
every second of afternoon ticked after one light year .. damn i was getting so restless for evening to come ..
Some how i reached Kashi Station .. it was so breezy at 5 in morning at stn ..
wow i was out of Coma :D .. Reached my place ..
Attended my cousins sis marriage .. with all sangeet n mehndi n haldi .. n n n n n wat not ..
So many rituals to do .. jus to get married :D ..

I WAS EXCITED TO REACH GANGA GHAT N MORE FOR BOAT RIDE .. oo maajhi re .. wow :D

Got up early in morning at 4 .. left home at 5 ..
struggled to convince rickshaw wala ( cycle wali rickshaw sorry reksha .. thats wat locals call it )
to take me to vishwanath galli
(famous for Thuggus sitting in shop more than anything :P) for 25 rs..
i kn I was  FOOLED .. 25 Rupaiyya eeka baat hui :D ..
Reksha jab chali tab aisan lagal ki hummar dehiyaan ki hadii - pasli ek hojaee  ..
Darn ride was so bumpy .. i was sitting like a jet pilot ; ready for fall or to shoot from seat :D  ..
haan to ab main pahunch gayi .. reached finally ..

Way  to Ghat was like some walk on terrorist land  full of land mines .. mines wer GOBAR ..
jahan dekho wahan gobar .. while on my way i hummed ..
babuji dheere chalna gobar se zara sambhalnaa ...
finally reached GHAT .. PRAYAG GHAT ( one of Ghats of Ganga .. in one hop one lands on another Ghat .
they are so close )
I thot it wud be nice cool , breezy ,life givin ... aaaarrrgghhhh i was in for so sun bath ..
damn at 6 in morning it felt like noon ..

There were pandits , pandals , dogs, yes i cudnt see a single cat on Ganga Ghat surprising,
marigolds around
while getting down on the stair case .. Stalls (local word : thelas) on left and right .. selling same stuff ..
but it was such pleasant sight to see colorful bangles , foto frames , sindoor dibbi .. nice ..
somethings jus remain the way they have to be n still nvr loses its vanity ..
this makes me want to live more .. :) ..

There i was jus sitin and watchin ppl of Banaras and some like me and some Guests ..

Bright Golden Sky
With Goldenish Red Sun
Birds Chirping , flying

Wow Felt so awesome .. Banaras my Birth place :) ..

arre awa inha baitha .. someone screamed from downstair .. i looked arnd to see that dumb fella ..
then he s sayin blatantly .. nahana hai toh samaan yahan rakh di jiye ..
i kn it is ok .. since many ppl go for bath ther but i felt queasy and lil embarassing .. yieksss ..

waited for my dad and mausaji to finish their public bath ..
good that they returned very soon as i was getting roasted .. it was so scorching at 6 in morn ..

the WOW part of Ganga Ghat ... BOAT RIDE .. first of all i ll show the pic of the person who rowed the boat ..
he looks like CHIP of Chip n Dale :D ..



maintained his cool while rowing the boat as mom was so restless on boat;
she was hopping from one end to other scaring my elder sis ..
:) it almost felt as if boat is about to tumble ..
GOD I NEED TO LEARN SWIMMING .. i jus prayed that we shdnt fall ..
it was so pleasant to be in boat .. n play with water ..i kn it might sound filmy :D ..

got off the boat ..
traced the same staircase to go upstairs .. passed land mines again ..

settled in a hotel .. small crampy but the smell of samosas wer so appetising .. yummy ..
n left for my place .. this was my time at ganga ghat ..

One should go to Benares atleast once in their life ..