As sort of a last hoorah
before our group left Banaras, we took a day trip to a waterfall a few hours
out of Varanasi. We packed lunches of puri-subji (fry bread and stewed
vegetables) and hiked 30 minutes to a chilly (and muddy) waterfall). The girls
swam in their leggings and kurtis and the boys in their running shorts (I think
only Caleb and Alex had clothing even resembling swimwear). We spent hours
swimming, climbing rocks, posing with the waterfall, and dancing to Bollywood
music. It was refreshing to get in the water after a) not swimming for 8 months
and b) the heat and grime of the city. I think all of us got at least a little
sunburned and when we got back to Banaras we were so exhausted that we didn’t
even have the energy to get ice cream as a group like we had planned.
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