Travelling tales...

Varanasi

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Matt US and I went to the Buddhist temples in Varanasi (there are 5). There are so many because Lord Buddha apparently came here and preached his message of middle way to nirvana after reaching enlightenment. How nice for him. Not much to see that was spectacular but interesting to understand some more of Buddhist culture.

Said goodbye to Matt US. Sad to see him go. He's an excellent travelling companion.

He recommended the massage service in the hotel, so I went for it.

A small chap in a tiny room offered me in and asked me in broken English to take my clothes off. All of them. What followed was a no holds barred coconut oil invasion in places my mother hasn't seen, let alone me. So, to answer your questions about this 30min episode:-

1. Yes, I enjoyed it and felt great afterwards
2. No, he showered me afterwards
3. No, I didn't get a stiffy!!!

Had a great dinner with Adrian who I'd met in the internet cafe earlier. Had loads in common and was v interested in some conspiracy theories involving AIDS he was researching. Posted by cmelikian at October 26, 2003 08:54 AM