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RE: A Walk Along the Ghats of Varanasi 🇮🇳
Pretty lame to ask to go abroad and make a new visa... I guess money wins over fairness..
This place looks more turistic and different than last one, like a bit more modern and less chaotic
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They win when it comes to healthy business. Here, money loses: I already have a one-year Indian visa, but I have to re-enter the country after a 90-day period (for some mysterious reason), and simply get another border stamp in my passport (for free). But to re-enter India, I have to leave it for Nepal (nearest) and pay 30$ to Nepal for the visa and then spend money for a hotel and food in Nepal. I would prefer to pay 30$ to India at some immigration office inside the country without having a trip to Nepal or elsewhere. It's called bureaucracy - India is famous for it - an unbelievable amount of irrational paperwork everywhere in India.
Less chaotic, yes. Only Indian megalopolises have the epic urban hell (as well as modern shopping malls), so I photographed it in Kolkata. In Varanasi, especially in the old town, people live simply, but no hell here. In the old town, they sustain some order, but outside - another insane Indian city.