Varanasi

Just a quick word about Varanasi. Go there.

If you want to have a true Indian experience, go to Varanasi. A quick stroll down the banks of the River Ganga is all it takes. You'll see people washing clothes and bathing in the river on the left and then endless temples on the right. Then you pass the body burning site where dead people are burned at a rate of 300-400 a day. Not pregnant women, babies, animals or lepers, though...a rock is tied around the victim's neck and dumped in the river. Not sure how to describe it, really.