Today we went on a "hike" at Chunaar Fort and then explored a waterfall at a popular picnic spot on the outskirts of Varanasi. A teenager offered to be our guide at Chunaar Fort – unfortunately he seemed to know next to nothing about the monument. He even gave the tour in Hindi and only said hardly five sentences about the fort, including "this is a window. People used to look out of it." We were supposed to walk through a 2 kilometer underground tunnel, but the police at the camp informed us that the tunnel hadn’t been maintained since last year and that it was filled with bats. So we had a 15 minute walk around the monument and then ate some apples. Afterwards we went to Lakhan Waterfall (Lakhan is the folk name for Lakshman, Ram’s brother) – it was so beautiful. It’s a popular picnicking spot.
Looks like you are enjoying yourselves and spending some time outdoors. Good on you. Uncle D.
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