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22 Mar 2005
With a 3 hours delay, we arrived in Varanasi at 10:10pm. We accumulated two thirds of our delay after Allahabad (ie we only had one hour delay after 1,500km), which is located only 150km south-west of Varanasi. Allah may be great, but he definitely doesn't give a shit on train schedules. The 34hr trip wasn't too bad after all, as I was booked on the most expensive class (2AC) with beds, bedsheets, A/C, and only a few people.

Varanasi is the holiest city in India attracting hundred thousands of people coming here each year to die. It is said that a better place in your next life is guaranteed if you die here. From all the things I heared about Varanasi, it must be a really crazy place.

People were sleeping on the platforms and in the station hall. Now, this is nothing special, but the crowd was so big that people even slept on the tarmac in front of the station.
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