I'll see what I can conjure up and post something in that genre! Yes, I brought waders in case I would be in the river as I had read about the stats and as a non-believer I would be at risk! Yes, w/o a doubt one of the most magical places I've been to... watching the kite flying in the evening to the cow paddy making by day, Benares is something just have to witness personally. Where else do you see towers of firewood as tall as 3 story buildings?