Sarnath, Varanasi - For the past 5 nights we have been staying in a house while the YWAM owners have been away at a conference. Its been wonderful to have a few home comforts around us again and being able to cook for ourselves. Tonight we are back at a hostel which is nicer than the one we stayed at during our time in Delhi.
While we are only approx 12 kms away from the centre of Varanasi and the Ganges River, due to the poor roads it takes over 1 hour to get there, so we will stay here in this colony of Sarnath for the next 10 days and then the plan is to find a hostel closer to the Ganges River and spend some time over there.
For the next 10 days, we will be joining the Christian School teachers here, for 2 hours each morning and teaching 50+ local children how to swim in a hotel pool approx 30 minutes from here. A large percentage of people drown during the floodings each year and so these lessons are aimed at giving the children skills on how to survive floods. Last year over 2 feet of rain fell during a 12 hour period and many lives were lost.
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