In this post is a video of our early morning trip on the Ganges at Varanasi. Varanasi is a holy location for Hindus and dying in the city is especially good. It is believed that bathing in the Ganges purifies one as well. For us Westerners that seems hard to believe seeing the state of the river! Towards the end of the video you will see the place where the bodies are cremated, and behind that area is the place where people go to live before they die. Might it be equated to a hospice?
Here is the google video link Click Here
or click the picture for a YouTube version
Since 2007, Tom and Beverly Westheimer have been going to Chiang Mai, Thailand for four months to escape NH winter. We met and lived in BKK in the 70s for 10 years. We volunteer with http://www.KidsArkFoundation.org, enjoy Thai smiles, warm weather and best of all ... Thai food.
Friday, November 16, 2007
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